[Leica] IMG: How Banners are Towed

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks for looking, Douglas.  I learned how broadminded the current 
generations are while watching an earlier tow of another banner.  I was 
standing with the airport manager and two women, watching the airplane 
make the pickup.  As soon as it unfurled, both women said, "awe, it's 
not the Trojan".

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/10/2017 1:14 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Well Jim, that's an interesting reveal, and what I call putting the 
> prop into prophylactic :-)
>
> Douglas
>
> On 10/06/2017 17:58, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I had occasion yesterday to talk with a professional banner tow 
>> pilot, watch him lay out his equipment, and photograph the banner 
>> pickup for a four-hour tour above the Bonnaroo Music Festival.
>>
>> The airplane is a highly modified Piper Cub, fitted with a 180 hp 
>> Titan engine, replacing the original 65 hp Continental.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170609-DSCF2304.JPG.html
>>
>> Here he snatches the tow line and begins a steep climb.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170609-DSCF2402.JPG.html
>>
>> The banner unfurls as he climbs away.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170609-DSCF2407.JPG.html
>>
>> Then he heads off to Bonnaroo to go to work.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170609-DSCF2415.JPG.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>
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