Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill, There is a back story on the Canaima trip: I was leaning well through the left seat pilot while he was banking the plane so everyone could get a better view as he made several circles of the falls. I was essentially in his lap pushing my R3 out the open left-side window to try to get a clear shot of the falls. On the way back, the third pilot on the flight went up and took over the controls while the captain came back behind the cockpit, sat on a stack of beer cases and had a few brews during the 2-something hour boring return flight. I was watching the left seat as he was flying the plane, and after a while, his head never moved again. He had fallen asleep. When we got close to Barcelona, the captain finished his beer, returned to the left seat, tapped the sleeping pilot, took his place and landed the plane. Quite an interesting trip. No one died. Jim James R. Nelon Partner Memories Forever Studios Office: +1-508-319-1679 Cell: +1-508-308-6525 Email: JNelon at Memories-Forever-Studios.com Website: http://Memories-Forever-Studios.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jnelon=nelonassociates.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=nelonassociates.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Bill Larsen Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 6:09 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The Ageless DC-3 Those make a really great series. The only time I was on a DC3 was when the US Army in January 1966 when the Army was kind enough to send me from California to Fort Polk, LA. Commercial jet to Texas, then the old Trans-Texas Airline from Texas to Alexandria. Wow. What an experience. First, I never knew you had to walk uphill to get to your seat. Then the pilot and crew came on board. They seemed very old to me at the time. Next, the flight took about 2.5 hours in the meantime they had dived the airplane through a hole in the overcast and all you could see was blue water. And the landing was very interesting when we dropped rapidly and were within five or six feet of the top of the pine trees around the runway. Sometimes you realize that you have no control over your life and just go with it. Nice series, though. I wish I could remember the name of the former LUG member that was creating civil aviation photos that were made into billboards using an R camera and R lenses. With regards, Bill Larsen On 12/27/2012 3:53 PM, James R. Nelon wrote: > James, > > Back in 1996 I bartered a day trip from Barcelona, Venezuela to > Canaima (Angel Falls) in exchange for photos of the airline's DC-3 and > crew. It's still up at: http://centercomp.com/dc3/550.html > It's part of the DC-3 Aviation Museum collection out of Corvallis, OR. > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information