[Leica] IMG: Labor Day at the Airport

[Jim Nichols]

I'd be more concerned about packing a bunch of bodies in a small 
fuselage, even if it is well ventilated.  I don't know what kind of 
precautions they take.

On 9/8/20 3:16 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> While the clear blue skies and colorful parachutes make great images I
> personally don't see any need to leave a perfectly functioning airplane
> until it is on the ground.
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 3:40 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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Jim Nichols
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