[Leica] IMG: Latest Addition at the Airport

[CartersXRd]

especially like the detail shots

ric


> On Dec 18, 2018, at 4:16 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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> I stopped by the airport today and caught the latest addition to the local aircraft fleet out soaking up some sun, so I grabbed a few shots.  This is a 2001 Dassault Falcon 2000 which is available for charters.  I'm told it was once owned by George Clooney, before he moved up to something larger.
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> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7154.JPG.html
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> Our airport has a history, since it was built as a training base during WWII.  Lots of B-24 crews trained here, along with a lot of other military aircraft.  The old airport beacon was removed when the original water tank was demolished, and it now sits on a pole alongside the present hangars.  I thought it made a nice contrast to the much newer Bizjet.
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> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7156.JPG.html
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> As an engineer, I'm always interested in the details.  Here is one of the two engine pods on the Falcon,  a very nice, clean installation.  I'm assuming that is a radome on top of the fin.
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> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7157.JPG.html
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> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
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> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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