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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airport Observations
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 02:30:56 +0200
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Good shots Jim
Lluis

> El 14 ag 2016, a les 23:02, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
> escriure:
> 
> The temperature was a little more tolerable at the airport today.  A 
> departing Piper 6-seater was the first activity, and joined the clouds 
> quickly.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/A+Visiting+Piper+Departs.jpg.html
> 
> After a break for lunch, the Twin Otter that carries sky divers took off 
> with a load of jumpers and climbed rapidly.  I haven't timed him, but it 
> takes approximately 15 minutes to get to 15,000 ft.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Twin+Otter+Jump+Plane+Climbs+Rapidly.jpg.html
> 
> The tandem jumpers descend a little more gently than the singles, so are 
> easier to photograph.  Here is a bright blue canopy, a multi-color, and a 
> red and white.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Blue+Canopy+Tandem.jpg.html
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Blue-Yellow-Green+Tandem.jpg.html
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/White-Red+Tandem.jpg.html
> 
> And, as I started to leave, I noticed a home-built "Baby Ace" airplane 
> having its fuel system calibrated at the fuel pump.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Home-Built+Baby+Ace+Gets+a+Fuel+System+Check.jpg.html
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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