Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, The CJ-6 Nanking in the photos can actually make a pretty good camera platform. Canopy slides back and if the pilot knows what he is doing all he has to do is cross control it and away ya go. We have a number of these up here -- local guy was importing them direct a number of years ago. In addition right across the street from our house is Victoria Air Maintenance who specialize in warbird restorations. Nice shots by the by. Barry H At 06:13 PM 10/24/04 -0400, you wrote: > >Last year I showed you a nice selection of Bellancas that flew in to >Natchitoches. They came back this weekend, and I really wanted to get out there, but >as things go, I did not have time. Funny thing about living is a small town. > >Anyhow, this morning, as I was getting out of my car at church, I heard the >beating of an old piston type overhead. I saw a star spangled something or >other that I could not identify. I was an Air Force brat, so, my heart thumped a >little, but I went on to church. > >Anyhow, I kept thinking about it, and in the middle afternoon, I made a >pass >by the airport, just in time to find Jim prepping the airplane for the flight >home. His wife Ann was there too, they had been invited to the Bellanca >fly >in. > >I took some pictures, and Jim took off. Maybe next year when they come, I >can hitch a ride to show you Natchitoches from the air. > >Aw.. that's selfish. A low wing plane is not good for photography. I >would >be doing it for the thrill. > >Oh yeah, the pictures... http://www.sonc.com/cj6/ > > >Regards, >Sonny >http://www.sonc.com >Natchitoches, Louisiana >Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >