[Leica] IMG: Airport Closeups

[Jim Nichols]

Bonnaroo is over, with only a few of the visiting aircraft left at the 
local airport.  I got a couple of detail shots that I had intended to 
get earlier.

To an Aeronautical Engineer, the business end of a modern turboprop is a 
thing of beauty.  Maybe not the same for everyone.  Here is the 
propulsion system of a Beech King Air 350.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Propulsion.JPG.html

The 1941 Piper J-5A that was modified for banner towing had amenities 
never dreamed of when it was built.  Not a beauty, but a real working 
machine.  Here is the current instrument panel, complete with every 
placard that the FAA could dream of.  And, yes, the engine is a Lycoming 
O-360.  I checked the data plate.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tow+Plane+Instrument+Panel.jpg.html

Both with the X-E1 and Fujinon 27mm Pancake.

Comments and critiques welcomed.

-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA