[Leica] IMG: Labor Day at the Airport

[Douglas Barry]

Jim
Nice to see your airports shots again. I always meant to do a parachute 
jump, but too late as my knees are knackered these days. Must go up in a 
glider again though.
Douglas



On 07/09/2020 21:40, Jim Nichols wrote:
> 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.
>