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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airport Visit
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:03:54 -0500
References: <91c3159a-74ff-68f2-8a17-eb6aea1833ba@me.com>

Thanks, Barney.  It was a great, honest trainer when I flew it as a 
beginner.  Looks like it is ready for another career.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bjq1 at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Airport Visit


>
> Great shots, all. I gotta go with the J3. It has always ben one of my 
> favorite planes.
>
> Barney
>
> ?
>
> E-Mail: bjq1 at mac.com
> Home: (301) 654-0938
> Cell: (301) 775-1386
>
>
> On Sep 28, 2012, at 05:40 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> A closed-course air race is scheduled for tomorrow, starting and 
>> finishing at the local airport. I spotted the first entry to arrive, and 
>> spent a few minutes talking with him. The airplane is a Van's RV-6A. He 
>> said he and his wife spent 8 years building the airplane. She died of 
>> cancer in January, and he misses her very much. He took off for a flight 
>> to check out the race route.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/RV-6A.jpg.html
>>
>> I learned to fly in 1957-58, beginning in a Piper J3C-65 Cub. It taught 
>> me a lot! I recently learned that a new owner is restoring the airplane, 
>> so I took this opportunity to get a photo of it once more. There are a 
>> few details left to complete, but the old girl looks just fine.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/1946+J-3+Cub.jpg.html
>>
>> To make room in a hangar for race registration, etc., the Red Knight T-33 
>> was sitting outside. Walking past it, I noted this prominent warning:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Beware+of+Blast.jpg.html
>>
>> All with the E-1 and Leica Elmarit-R 28mm.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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