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Subject: [Leica] "Da plane boss"
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed May 2 14:26:28 2007
References: <4638B28C.2010104@suddenlink.net> <4cfa589b0705020959g6b658714p5ea5b69aa1bbc3b9@mail.gmail.com><4638DF28.7030409@suddenlink.net> <4638D39D.2030700@waltjohnson.com>

Walt,

I got my first hands-on feel of the controls in one of those in the late 
40s.  Never tried to land it, though.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] "Da plane boss"


> Have you ever tried a Stearman? After WWII the army sold them for $300 
> with a spare engine in the box. 8-)
>
> Jack Maddox wrote:
>> Adam,
>>
>> I know just what you mean. I have been around aircraft for almost as long 
>> as I can remember. I can hear the sound of a radial engine long before I 
>> can tell the direction from whence it emanates. I will run out of the 
>> house in search of one. Trouble is they are few and far between now days.
>>
>> Thanks for looking
>> Jack
>>
>>
>> Adam Bridge wrote:
>>> Dozens of small airfields I know of would love to have something like
>>> this hanging in their lounges. Wow...it sooooo captures, well, the kid
>>> in ME! Hell, the adult in me too 'cause that's just how I feel when I
>>> see some hunk of flying machinery motor past.
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> On 5/2/07, Jack Maddox <jmaddox01@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>>>> Children love aircraft. If they make a lot of noise its all the better.
>>>> Jacob and Alisa have found the source of their amusement.
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/smilingjack/grab+bag/img033+copy.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/ypl3gq
>>>>
>>>> comments are always welcomed.
>>>>
>>>> Jack
>>>>
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