Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There was a period when I was very busy at work, and sought a simple solution to snapshots.? I picked up a Kodak APS camera at a pawn shop, and tried that system.? When the original camera failed, I contacted Kodak and they sent me a brand new one, free! Here are a few images from that period, that might be of interest to aircraft fanatics. The local Beechcraft Museum has some one-of-a-kind airplanes. This is a replica of the Travel Air R. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Travel+Air+R+Replica.JPG.html This is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.? As I recall, it crash-landed while returning to Texas. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Lockheed+P-38+Lightning.JPG.html This is Grumman TBF Avenger.? My uncle was a gunner on one of these, and was killed during a Kamakazi attack on the carrier Franklin in the South Pacific. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Grumman+TBM-3E+Avenger+01.JPG.html Nose Art was widely used to personalize aircraft during WWII. This B-25 Mitchell was no exception. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-USAF+B-25+Mitchell.JPG.html The Kodak APS system worked well, as long as there were labs to handle the cartridges.? I gather that the APS sensor size is a descendant of this design. -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA