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

[Jim Nichols]

Hi Sonny,

This tetrahedron has been at the airport since WWII, though it has been 
relocated once to get it in a more visible location as new hangars were 
built.  It is a lot more visible from the air than a wind sock, though 
there are several of those on the airport.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/12/2016 10:13 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:
>   "In my day, we just looked at the windsock and landed!"
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> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
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>> 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:
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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
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
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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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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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