[Leica] IMG: Labor Day at the Airport

[Jim Nichols]

I made a short visit to the local airport today.  A Bellanca Super 
Decathlon in eye-catching colors was visiting from Huntsville.  This 
looks like it would be real "fun machine".

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073538.JPG.html

The local skydivers were active in the beautiful sunshine.  Here, a 
tandem pair (instructor and student) were making a sharp turn upwind for 
landing.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073544.JPG.html

Two more tandem pairs were lined up for landing.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073556.JPG.html

Students are told to raise their feet as they approach the ground, while 
the instructor handles the ground contact.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073558.JPG.html

This was my first time to try the ZD 50mm f/2.0 Macro with AF for sky 
divers.  Not being as agile as I once was, I shot from near the terminal 
rather than out near the landing zone, but tracking the jumpers against 
blue sky was not as difficult as I thought it might be.  I might even 
get up enough nerve to try the 50-200 SWD.

-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA