[Leica] IMG: Beech Party Arrivals

[Douglas Barry]

That Twin Beech is a lovely subject and well taken, Jim.

Douglas

On 12/10/2017 23:45, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Each Fall, in mid-October, Beech aircraft owners have a Beech Party at 
> the Beechcraft Museum at the Tullahoma Airport.  The weekend started 
> today, so I went out to see what I could find as interesting subjects, 
> ignoring most of the crowd of Bonanzas and such that we see every 
> day.  There was still business as usual, with an Embraer Phenom 100 
> awaiting a 3:00 departure.  The airplanes already at the Museum can be 
> seen behind the Phenom.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5728.JPG.html
>
> This father/daughter arrival shows the interest of the next 
> generation.  Her T-shirt indicates she is a pilot.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5723.JPG.html
>
> Next are three examples of the Beech Model 17 Staggerwing from the 30s 
> and 40s.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5710.JPG.html
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5748.JPG.html
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5809.JPG.html
>
> As if one P&W 450 was not noisy enough, this Beech Model 18 Twin Beech 
> made a low-altitude pass down the runway before circling to land.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5763.JPG.html
>
> Then, a Vanderbilt LifeFlight chopper departed on a medical mission.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5773.JPG.html
>
> I forgot to change the lens FL in the camera's memory.  Most were with 
> the Leica-R Telyt 250, while the Phenom was with my Leica Elmarit-R 90.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>