Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like a lot of fun! Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Oct 9, 2015, at 11:13 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > > The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn. (AOPA) is holding its last regional > fly-in of the year this weekend at our airport, hosted by the Beechcraft > Heritage Museum. For the early arrivals, they put on a Barnstormers Party > tonight, complete with live music from, where else, Nashville. I > introduced myself to one of the musicians, who uses the stage name, Jimmy > Nichols. > > After a nice day for the rapidly-arriving airplanes, heavy rain moved in > as the crowd was arriving, so things got off to a slow start. Standing at > the entrance of the large museum hangar, I could see everything from Cubs > to a DC-3 to a business jet, parked in the wet grass. > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+1.tif.html > > I wandered around, looking at the few planes that were left in the corners > as the hangar was emptied to set up tables, and found an early Staggerwing > bearing the colors of barnstormer Roscoe Turner, along with a decal > depicting Gilmore, the young lion, that he carried with him until it got > too large to handle. > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+2.tif.html > > The food was very tasty and plentiful. > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+3.tif.html > > As the rain let up, the crowd increased rapidly. > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+4.tif.html > > Live musicians from Nashville, some of whom are pilots, entertained the > crowd. > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+5.tif.html > > This attractive young lady was using her cell phone to photograph the > radial engine that was on display, commenting that she was fascinated by > intricate shiny parts. I asked her to pose with the engine, and she > willingly obliged. > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+6.tif.html > > All with the X-E1 and 27mm, at ISOs from 400 to 1000. The mixture of > lighting made color balance a pain. > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information