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

[Sonny Carter]

 "In my day, we just looked at the windsock and landed!"


On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> 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.
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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> On 10/12/2016 12:19 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
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>> Well done on the last one with the propellers. What is the weird floating
>> structure in the first one?
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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>> On 07 Oct 2016, at 23:14, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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