[Leica] IMG: More ancient airplanes

[Ted Grant]

Hi Peter,
Gotta love those Mustangs! :-)  Very cool plane to say the least!
Too bad you weren't around when I did my inaugural flight on my 76th
birthday, day! "Great fight flight!" 
I shot down 5  Messerschmitt's! :-) Yeah, :-) all in an hour! True, that's
where the photo of me upside down came from . :-) During that battle!  ;-)
;-)
cheers,
Dr. Ted Grant  C.M.  O.C. 

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From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Peter Klein
Sent: September-12-16 12:48 PM
To: lug; olympus at thomasclausen.net; leicareflex at freelists.org
Subject: [Leica] IMG: More ancient airplanes

Apologies to Edvard Munch:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/29348065960/in/dateposted-public
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Nose turret view:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/29603707886/in/dateposted-public
/>

Mustang, pilot and friend:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/29014566823/in/dateposted-public
/>

While in the B-25 nose turret, my Leica's rangefinder wouldn't line up.  
My first thought: Oh, no!  Did I bump it out of alignment while going 
through the crawlway?  But no, I'd slid through the crawlway on my back 
with the camera safely on my stomach. Once I got out of the plane, all 
was well.  Then it hit me. Dummy, the turret glass is curved!

Leica M Monochrom, 35/2 Summicron IV,  and 6'3" (190 cm) photographer 
shoehorning himself into small spaces. Enjoy!
--Peter

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