Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Len, Thanks for looking, and for your kind words. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Taupier" <len-1@comcast.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: P 51 for two > Hi Jim, > > I have no idea what the pilots in the group are talking about. But I > do like your photos of these antiques. You have a nice collection. > Keep shooting. > > Len > > > On Apr 1, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Hi, Larry, >> >> My memory isn't too clear after 40 years. I was renting a plane to >> fly locally, and practiced landings at Kissimmee when there was >> nothing there except for me and some cows. My, how that has >> changed. When I asked about the Mustang, I seem to recall that the >> young man had family connections to the oil industry, hence money >> to afford such toys. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" >> <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> >> To: <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:37 PM >> Subject: [Leica] Re: P 51 for two >> >> >>> >>> On Apr 1, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Jim wrote: >>> >>>> I have never experienced the jump seat in the Mustang, but recall an >>>> occasion during a short stay in Orlando 40 years ago when the >>>> usefulness of >>>> the seat was obvious. A young, local pilot who must have had >>>> independent >>>> means taxied in and parked a Mustang, and, after he climbed out, >>>> a very >>>> attractive young lady in tight shirt and hip-huggers climbed out >>>> behind him. >>>> The Mustang sure seemed a fine way to impress the ladies. >>> >>> That could well have been a law partner of my brother. He owned a >>> Mustang in which he used to fly from Chicago to Florida on >>> weekends, usually accompanied by a very toothsome morsel whom he >>> wanted to impress. He couldn't get insurance on the plane. Every >>> time he took off he said that he felt as if he was flying with a >>> big bag of money hung out of the cockpit. >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >