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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Latest Addition at the Airport
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 21:03:29 -0600
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Thanks, Lluis.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 20, 2018, at 5:03 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Nice engine, BTW the B&W photo is very nice
> Lluis
> 
> 
>> El 18 des 2018, a les 22:16, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 
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