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Subject: [Leica] IMG: 1946 Piper J-3 Cub
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:15:09 -0500
References: <de9df558-14fb-1b11-b994-2a0722c2addb@lighttube.net>

Only plane I ever flew backwards in.

On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> I stopped by the airport while out on an errand run, and discovered a
> pristine 1946 Piper J-3 Cub at the gas pump.  This is the same model in
> which I did all of my flight training in 1957-58.  The big difference
> between the one I flew and this one is that this one has 50% more
> horsepower and a radio.  The owner said it was bought new by his uncle,
> and, except for a brief period, has been owned by his family.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180928-DSCF7134.JPG.html
>
> The owner offered to snap a picture of me with the Cub.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180928-DSCF7137.JPG.html
>
> Getting the wife settled in and comfortable.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180928-DSCF7140.JPG.html
>
> Can be viewed LARGE  if desired.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


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