[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Don Dory]

Good morning,  We have something a little different; a little flash for the
sub group that enjoys planes.  I had lunch with a pilot friend out at the
primary private airport in Atlanta.  Behold, below our balcony sat an
interesting plane.  Talking to some mechanics it appears a pair of racing
planes were in for repair; the turboprop you see needed a new tire on the
nose.  It had a near twin, an eight cylinder recipe, in for a nose wheel
actuator.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Orange+plane+porn.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Orange+pland+porn+II.jpg.html

The engine is a PT6A turboprop of 1100 horsepower and the mechanics
indicated a top speed somewhere around 468 knots.  I can't verify that but
while we had lunch there was a continuous stream of folks looking at the
plane.

All the best.

-- 
Don
don.dory at gmail.com