[Leica] IMG: From the 50s

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks for the kind words, Sonny.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/13/2015 7:57 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:
> One of my favorite airplanes to shoot pictures from.   I always took a
> large phillips screwdriver with me when I went out to fly in a 170 (or a
> 172) so I could take the screw out of the window brace, then the side
> window would flap up against the wing so I had a pretty clear view.
>
> Love a shot that brings back good memories.  Thanks.
>
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> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
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>> While I was watching the glider and skydiving activity at the airport
>> today, this sight from the 1950s taxiied over to the gas pumps.  This is a
>> Cessna 170B from 1954, although the registration shows the original
>> Continental 145hp engine has been replaced with a Lycoming O-360 of 180hp.
>> The pilot, who was certainly older than the airplane, was preflighting the
>> aircraft for a Sunday flight.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/From+the+50s.JPG.html
>>
>> X-E1 with 27mm Pancake
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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