Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Don.? While a young USAF Lieut., I made a couple of trips in a C-47, but never in the airline version.? There's quite a difference in the comfort of the seats. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/13/2019 2:44 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > The B&W of the DC3 does it for me. My first airline trip was in a Delta > DC-3 > > On Mon, May 13, 2019, 2:40 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> While making a shopping run today, I stopped by the airport. I wanted >> another look at the impressive early DC-3 parked there. As I suspected, >> this 1937 model is equipped with Wright Whirlwind engines. Later models >> used Pratt & Whitney Twin-Wasp engines. Seeing the cloud cover, I >> thought this was a good chance to get an environmental portrait of the >> airplane as it would have been depicted in 1937 when it entered airline >> service. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190513-DSCF7319.JPG.html >> >> I always enjoy the conversations with the folks in attendance at the >> airport counter. Here is one of the friendliest. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190513-DSCF7323.JPG.html >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >