Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Douglas. You are correct about the assembly.? It was assembled at a Goodyear facility referred to as Wingfoot Lake, by an international crew from Germany's ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik and Goodyear. On 11/3/20 5:54 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: > That looks good, Jim. Great job! > Airships are fascinating. I know that airships like the Hindenburg and > Graf Zeppelin, crisscrossed the Atlantic, but they had much bigger > engines. I wonder how they managed to take Wingfoot from Germany > across the pond to deliver it to Goodyear. I presume they just took > the pieces over and assembled it in your country? > > Douglas > > On 03/11/2020 03:17, Jim Nichols wrote: >> Three years ago, one of the new Goodyear Blimps, which are actually >> dirigibles, made an overnight stop in Tullahoma, arriving about >> sundown and well ahead of its support truck and anchor tower.? It >> hovered over the grass area between the runways, and the crew was >> kind enough to enable me have several views as I walked around on the >> rough grass area. Unfortunately, the sky was free of any clouds to >> catch the sunset.? With Photoshop 2021, I was able to improve one of >> the images, at least in my humble estimation, by doing a sky >> replacement.? Since I am not layer-literate like some PS users, I >> kept it fairly simple. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171013-DSCF5884.JPG.html >> >> For Douglas, I made it LARGE. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA