[Leica] IMG: Airport Closeups

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Wed Jun 17 16:16:33 PDT 2015


Thanks, Lluis.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/17/2015 5:02 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
> Nice shots Jim
> Lluis
>
> El 15/06/2015, a les 21.01, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va escriure:
>
>> 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
>>
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