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Subject: [Leica] Wayback-- Chevron Rig Fire
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 21:32:39 -0500
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Nice shot, Sonny.  I suspect this was in much shallower water than the 
present problem, right?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:25 PM
Subject: [Leica] Wayback-- Chevron Rig Fire


>I think this was a Chevron Rig in the Gulf.  Judging from the Auricon 
>Camera
> and the Frezzolini battery pack I'd guess it was about 1970.  These little
> blowouts were pretty common in those days.   We didn't even rent a 
> seaplane
> that day, so it was probably a ride on a Chevron crewboat.
>
> http://www.sonc.com/long_ago/pages/chevron.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>
> USA
>
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