Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/21

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Subject: [Leica] judith....
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:25:02 +1000
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Umm well the stories get somewhat distorted on-line. Not many windows in the
F-4 Phantom to drop cameras out of.
The pilot would be an unhappy camper if you were to open the canopy in
flight.
Solms does have cameras on display that have been retrieved from certain
adventures.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hoppyman/2/s008.jpg.html


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 21 March 2010 18:09, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Vince Passaro wrote:
>
> > Steve I just read somewhere today -- on Wikipedia perhaps -- that there
> > resides in the Leica Museum in Solms a Leicaflex SL and (I think) 35mm
> > Elmarit that fell 25,000 feet out of a Phantom Jet -- 25000 feet! Like
> FOUR
> > MILES -- and was deemed repairable by the Leica technicians. I do hope
> this
> > is true, and that someday I will see it.
>
> > V
> >
>
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