[Leica] IMG: AOPA Barnstormers Party

[Bernard Quinn]

Sounds like a lot of fun!

Barney

Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> On Oct 9, 2015, at 11:13 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn. (AOPA) is holding its last regional fly-in of the year this weekend at our airport, hosted by the Beechcraft Heritage Museum. For the early arrivals, they put on a Barnstormers Party tonight, complete with live music from, where else, Nashville.  I introduced myself to one of the musicians, who uses the stage name, Jimmy Nichols.
> 
> After a nice day for the rapidly-arriving airplanes, heavy rain moved in as the crowd was arriving, so things got off to a slow start.  Standing at the entrance of the large museum hangar, I could see everything from Cubs to a DC-3 to a business jet, parked in the wet grass.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+1.tif.html
> 
> I wandered around, looking at the few planes that were left in the corners as the hangar was emptied to set up tables, and found an early Staggerwing bearing the colors of barnstormer Roscoe Turner, along with a decal depicting Gilmore, the young lion, that he carried with him until it got too large to handle.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+2.tif.html
> 
> The food was very tasty and plentiful.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+3.tif.html
> 
> As the rain let up, the crowd increased rapidly.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+4.tif.html
> 
> Live musicians from Nashville, some of whom are pilots, entertained the crowd.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+5.tif.html
> 
> This attractive young lady was using her cell phone to photograph the radial engine that was on display, commenting that she was fascinated by intricate shiny parts.  I asked her to pose with the engine, and she willingly obliged.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+6.tif.html
> 
> All with the X-E1 and 27mm, at ISOs from 400 to 1000.  The mixture of lighting made color balance a pain.
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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