[Leica] IMG: Beech Party Arrivals

[Jim Nichols]

Hi Sonny,

 From the front, they have similarities, but Sky King's first airplane 
was a surplus Cessna Bobcat.  He moved up later to a Cessna 310.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_AT-17_Bobcat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_King

Ironically, both Beech and Cessna are now owned by Textron Aviation.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/12/2017 8:15 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
> 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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