Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: >There is a large event starting tomorrow at the Beechcraft Museum, so >visitors are arriving. I found this visitor from the past posing for >photos this afternoon. >This is a Cessna 195A from 1949, based in Texas. When it was first >offered, it was considered a first class business aircraft. >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cessna+195A.jpg.html >The cowling is interesting, representing one of the NACA (forerunner of >NASA) designs for maximizing cooling while minimizing drag. >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cowling+Details.jpg.html ================================================================================================================================ I've always liked these cowlings. I would have gotten lower to take the main picture, so the wings wouldn't blend in with the hangars back there. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Relations University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt