[Leica] IMG: Airport Visit

[lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)]

Jim,

Good shots as always, interesting engines, even I have no idea  
about... Just today in Barcelona it was a airplanes exhition in La  
Barceloneta beach, I've never go, but this year  it was interesting  
because a Spitfare from the IIWW and a Douglas and some more has  
participate in the show and actually is not usual see an spifire doing  
acrobacy. I watch this on the TV

http://www.tv3.cat/3alacarta/#/videos/4266210

(skip the add and 1 minute later you can see the Spitfire, this in  
Catalan, from the National TV of Catalonia)


Cheers
Lluis




El 28/09/2012, a las 23:40, Jim Nichols escribi?:

> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information