Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]especially like the detail shots ric > On Dec 18, 2018, at 4:16 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > > I stopped by the airport today and caught the latest addition to the local > aircraft fleet out soaking up some sun, so I grabbed a few shots. This is > a 2001 Dassault Falcon 2000 which is available for charters. I'm told it > was once owned by George Clooney, before he moved up to something larger. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7154.JPG.html > > Our airport has a history, since it was built as a training base during > WWII. Lots of B-24 crews trained here, along with a lot of other military > aircraft. The old airport beacon was removed when the original water tank > was demolished, and it now sits on a pole alongside the present hangars. > I thought it made a nice contrast to the much newer Bizjet. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7156.JPG.html > > As an engineer, I'm always interested in the details. Here is one of the > two engine pods on the Falcon, a very nice, clean installation. I'm > assuming that is a radome on top of the fin. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7157.JPG.html > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information