Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely plane and a nice job shooting it. I had the pleasure of having a ride in one some years back. On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:02 AM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > Hi Luggers, > Pender is such a funny little island - you never know what will turn up > when you go into town for the Saturday farmers' market. > Today it was a fly - in to Hastings field which is just a glorified cow > pasture down the road from the market - to mark Mr. Hasting's 90+ birthday! > About 30 planes showed up floating in from around BC - including what > looked > like a Stearman (Boeing 75) - a WWII trainer! > > To learn more about this bird please check out the following: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing-Stearman_Model_75 > > and then have a look at the pictures here: > > here's the plane taxing by: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/Steermanwheelpastw.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/mr6sxo > > and on take - off - it went up like a STOL - even though it was designed > long before STOLs > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/Steermantakeoffw.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/ku38fv > > and another view as it pulls away > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/Steermantakeoff2w.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/nuc69r > > What an interesting island Pender is - you just never know what will turn > up next! > Cheers > Howard > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA