Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking, Bill. I got an airborne shot this morning of one with the gear starting up. It does take a while to get the job done. By the time he went around the pattern and did a low pass down the runway, everything was cleaned up. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Beechcraft Images > It is a beautiful aircraft with a beautiful attendant. It makes me feel > good, having lived most of my life in the aircraft's birthplace. They are > a joy to fly in, as I once was given a RH seat ride in one. The bad news? > They have a way of blowing fuses for the electrical gear retraction > motors, so you hand crank them up with what looks like the window crank > in a 1940's car. 50 or so turns. Lucky me. > > Bill Pearce > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Wajsman > Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 8:34 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Beechcraft Images > > The plane is pretty but the attendant is prettier ;-) > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 16 Oct, 2011, at 3:05 , Jim Nichols wrote: > >> There is a Beechcraft convention underway at the local airport, so I >> wanted to catch a few shots of the visiting airplanes. >> >> Before there were biz jets, back in the 1940s and 1950s, the executive >> transport of choice was the Beech BE-17, fondly known as the Staggerwing. >> With seating for five, and a nice cruising speed, these beauties were the >> best of the best. I caught this beautiful example at the fuel pump. >> Bearing Canadian registration, and in the original factory paint scheme, >> it personifies this great airplane. >> >> Cranking up: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Staggerwing+73.jpg.html >> >> Moving out: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Staggerwing+75.jpg.html >> >> The flightline attendant commented that she was really burning off >> calories today: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Flight+Line+Attendant.jpg.html >> >> And the more modern airplanes required teamwork: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/King+Air+89.jpg.html >> >> All with the E-1 and Zuiko Digital 35mm Macro >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >