Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice evocative image for me, Jim. I love your old images. I remember the Constellations well. My Dad got us into one on the 27th April 1958 and seven year old me got to sit in the cockpit briefly. How do I know the date? http://www.seaboardairlines.org/misc/aer_lingus-1.htm Because I was told it was flying back to the US the following day on the new transatlantic route from Ireland. That plane made a big impression, as I never saw so many dials before. Just before that, on the same day, I was also allowed sit at the controls in the Earl (Marquess) of Kildare's Cessna which certainly seemed a lot simpler and didn't have a quarter as many dials. The Earl - later Duke of Leinster - was a fairly colourful individual... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_FitzGerald,_8th_Duke_of_Leinster Thanks for jogging my memory. BTW that B25 raid that took off from a carrier - amazing pilot skills! Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 10:55 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Presidential Fleet at Andrews 1964 >I rode an Air Force C-54 into Andrews AFB in 1964 on a business trip. As >we prepared to leave the airport, I saw the presidential transport fleet >all lined up in the sun. I suspect that the Constellation is Columbine >III, which Ike used until he left office. > > I suspect this was Kodachrome, but can't recall for sure. Shot with my > Leica IIIa and Coated Elmar 50/3.5. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Presidential+Fleet+at+Andrews+AFB+1964_001.jpg.html > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >