Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great series, Howard.? The shot of your daughter and grandchildren in the nose is a beautiful image.? Thanks for sharing. Yes, one Merlin is loud.? Four of them, with all those short exhaust stacks, must be overwhelming. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/6/2018 9:31 AM, Howard Cummer via LUG wrote: > Morning Luggers, > > My half brother Frank was a Lancaster pilot in the Canadian 405 squadron > during WWII. Because of this connection we were able to have a > private visit to the Lancaster located at the Canadian Warplane Museum in > Hamilton Ontario. The Senior Lancaster Pilot, Leon Evans, took us through > the plane and then flew it in the afternoon for the second flight of the > day. This aircraft is one of two Lancasters still flying in the world. The > other one is stationed in Oxford England. > > The Lancaster folder is here with about a dozen photos: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Lancaster/FredAub_AnaOliveLancaster.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Lancaster/FredAub_AnaOliveLancaster.jpg.html>> > > The first picture is of my old friend Fred Fox, who had a career with CBC > TV and Sony, and came along as our videographer with daughter Anna and > grandkids Olive and Aubrey in from of the Lanc. We were making memories > for the grandchildren. Other photos follow - click left. > > All photos were taken with either the Fuji X100F or the XT 2 with the 55 - > 200 zoom. The roar of the Lanc RR Merlin engines is very impressive. The > sound of 100 of these aircraft flying into Europe on a bombing mission > must have struck terror on the ground. > > You can look large if you like. C&C always welcome. > > Cheers > > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >