Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting combination of British Royal Air Force roundel and tail marking and Canadian civil aviation registration. I don't think (although I could stand corrected) that the RAF ever flew a Stearman, and certainly not bright yellow! Lovely to look at though! Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 Web: www.gwpics.com Blog: www.stockuk.blogspot.com On 30 Aug 2009, at 08:02, H&E Cummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > Pender is such a funny little island - you never know what will turn > up when you go into town for the Saturday farmers' market. > Today it was a fly - in to Hastings field which is just a glorified > cow pasture down the road from the market - to mark Mr. Hasting's > 90+ birthday! About 30 planes showed up floating in from around BC - > including what looked like a Stearman (Boeing 75) - a WWII trainer! > > To learn more about this bird please check out the following: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing-Stearman_Model_75 > > and then have a look at the pictures here: > > here's the plane taxing by: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/Steermanwheelpastw.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/mr6sxo > > and on take - off - it went up like a STOL - even though it was > designed long before STOLs > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/Steermantakeoffw.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/ku38fv > > and another view as it pulls away > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/Steermantakeoff2w.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/nuc69r > > What an interesting island Pender is - you just never know what will > turn up next! > Cheers > Howard > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information