[Leica] IMG: Labor Day at the Airport

[Jim Nichols]

I appreciate your kind words, Douglas.  I'm afraid that I will have to 
leave those things to the younger folk.  The sky diver folks locally 
seem to stay busy  Friday through Tuesday, weather permitting.  It is 
helpful that we are in a less-populated area, and the airspace is 
uncontrolled around the airport, so there are few conflicts.

On 9/7/20 5:52 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> 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.
>>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA