[Leica] [OM] IMG: Ladies Day at the Airport

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Nathan.  The orange "structure" is the wind tetrahedron, which 
pivots about the concrete pedestal behind the young man, indicating the 
direction one should land, in order to allow the wind to slow the aircraft.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/12/2016 12:19 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Well done on the last one with the propellers. What is the weird floating structure in the first one?
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>> On 07 Oct 2016, at 23:14, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> I arrived at the airport as a group of jumpers were descending, so I barely made it to the landing zone.  I spotted this young lady in serious discussion with a fellow jumper.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+468.tif.html
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>> The Twin Otter landed and came out to take on the second load, which appeared to be tandem jumpers, probably starting from a lower altitude.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+489.tif.html
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>> I then walked around and waved to the lady pilot.  I'll give her credit.  Her takeoffs and landings are nice and precise.  I set the shutter at 1/160th of a second and got a fairly good image of the props in motion.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+491.tif.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
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>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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