Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22

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Subject: [Leica] Was Judith now hijacked
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:11:40 +1000

Sorry to have been one of the hijackers Steve.
That's the fate of 80% of LUG threads ;-)
At least someone looked at yours ;-)
I recently posted 11 new pictures here
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/m
and got zero responses from the LUG at large

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


On 22 March 2010 23:24, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi guys..
>
> you have hijacked this subject line...
>
> so please find another subject title....
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 2:08 AM, Vince Passaro wrote:
>
> > I assumed they duct taped it to the side of the plane but damn it just
> > didn't hold.
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>  >
> >> 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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