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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airport Visit
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 01:30:44 -0500
References: <A0900413597E45ADAE98698B33EC2363@jimnichols> <E94A930F-3713-4DF8-81DE-34C72097D981@frozenlight.eu>

Thanks, Nathan.  As I mentioned to someone else, this T33-MK3 was 
manufactured by Canadair, hence the Rolls-Royce engine.  It earns its keep 
on the airshow circuit.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Airport Visit


> The last one for me, Jim. Love the combo of the warning and the small, 
> discreet, Rolls Royce logo.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
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> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
> On Sep 28, 2012, at 11:40 PM, Jim Nichols 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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