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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airport Closeups
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:02:47 +0200
References: <557F2105.4000805@lighttube.net>

Nice shots Jim
Lluis

El 15/06/2015, a les 21.01, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
escriure:

> Bonnaroo is over, with only a few of the visiting aircraft left at the 
> local airport.  I got a couple of detail shots that I had intended to get 
> earlier.
> 
> To an Aeronautical Engineer, the business end of a modern turboprop is a 
> thing of beauty.  Maybe not the same for everyone.  Here is the propulsion 
> system of a Beech King Air 350.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Propulsion.JPG.html
> 
> The 1941 Piper J-5A that was modified for banner towing had amenities 
> never dreamed of when it was built.  Not a beauty, but a real working 
> machine.  Here is the current instrument panel, complete with every 
> placard that the FAA could dream of.  And, yes, the engine is a Lycoming 
> O-360.  I checked the data plate.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tow+Plane+Instrument+Panel.jpg.html
> 
> Both with the X-E1 and Fujinon 27mm Pancake.
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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