[Leica] IMG: Latest Addition at the Airport

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Lluis.

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> On Dec 20, 2018, at 5:03 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> Nice engine, BTW the B&W photo is very nice
> Lluis
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>> El 18 des 2018, a les 22:16, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va escriure:
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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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