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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airport at Sundown
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 09:14:19 -0500
References: <557CF664.3040104@lighttube.net> <7FEFE35E-80AF-4180-B569-065014038C25@cartersxrd.net>

Thanks, Ric.  They were so pretty that I hated to mess with them very much.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/14/2015 8:13 AM, RicCarter wrote:
> love the sunset tones
>
> ric
>
>
>> On Jun 13, 2015, at 11:35 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> On a very hot day, the airport can come alive in the cool of the late 
>> afternoon.  I walked around, talked to a few people, and snapped some 
>> photos.  Because of the warmth of the late sun, I did not try to achieve 
>> a "proper" white balance.  It is what it is.
>>
>> The Bombardier BD100 presented a warm sundown image.
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Bombardier+Sunset.tif.html
>>
>> Because I neglected the King Air 300 on my last visit, I walked out and 
>> got a shot.
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1802+FM.tif.html
>>
>> I spied Larry Wilhite pulling the RV7A, which he built himself, out to 
>> the compass rose to adjust the compass.
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1803+FM.tif.html
>>
>> Then I spotted the modified Piper J-5 returning from an 8-hour day towing 
>> a banner above Bonnaroo.
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1805+FM.tif.html
>>
>> The J-5 is beefed up, has 46 gal of fuel, and the wing top surface is 
>> fitted with vortex generators to enhance performance in slow flight.  On 
>> the front is a Lycoming O-360, delivering 180 hp, twice what it 
>> originally had.  An oil cooler is installed on the landing gear to 
>> provide cooling, which the pilot said is so effective it has to be taped 
>> up in the winter months.
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1807+FM.tif.html
>>
>> Finally, a look at the power plant itself.  It flies with no additional 
>> cowling, and the aircraft is in the Experimental Category.
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Engine+Details.JPG.html
>>
>> All with the X-E1 and the Fujinon 27/2.8 Pancake.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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