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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Pretty Twin Otter
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:38:24 -0500
References: <a87d799b-ffc9-5a56-1734-9c353c7a60b3@lighttube.net>

I guess it is pretty compared to other otters . . .  nice shot.  ;-)

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Apparently the sky divers' Twin Otter is undergoing maintenance, so they
> brought in a replacement today.  This is Serial Number 66, from 1966.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Another+Twin+Otter.tif.html
>
> The DeHavilland Twin Otter is loved and respected for its abilities and
> its handling.  To understand how this was achieved, one must look at the
> details that DeHavilland worked into the design. An example pictured here
> are the vortex generators that energize the airflow in the corner between
> the fin and stabilizer to increase the response of the rudder and elevator.
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Vortex+Generators+on+Twin+Otter.tif.html
>
> Fuji X-E1 and Leica Summaron 35/3.5
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


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