[Leica] IMG: Beech Party Arrivals

[Sonny Carter]

Sky King’s airplane!

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 6:55 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> 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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Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
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