Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I assumed they duct taped it to the side of the plane but damn it just didn't hold. On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Umm well the stories get somewhat distorted on-line. Not many windows in > the > F-4 Phantom to drop cameras out of. > The pilot would be an unhappy camper if you were to open the canopy in > flight. > Solms does have cameras on display that have been retrieved from certain > adventures. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hoppyman/2/s008.jpg.html > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 21 March 2010 18:09, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > > > > > Steve I just read somewhere today -- on Wikipedia perhaps -- that there > > > resides in the Leica Museum in Solms a Leicaflex SL and (I think) 35mm > > > Elmarit that fell 25,000 feet out of a Phantom Jet -- 25000 feet! Like > > FOUR > > > MILES -- and was deemed repairable by the Leica technicians. I do hope > > this > > > is true, and that someday I will see it. > > > > > V > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >