[Leica] IMG: Beech Party Arrivals

[Jim Nichols]

Thank you very much, Douglas.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/12/2017 6:35 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
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