Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Glad to touch a bit of history for you, Douglas. Sorry the Connie was not first in line, so you could have a better view. But, by this time, the jets had taken over, and the Connie was assigned to more mundane service. Of course, the C-54 we were in was not pressurized, so our night flight home to Tennessee from Washington was well below 10,000 ft, over a landscape lit up by the jewels of the cities and towns we passed above. I will always remember that flight. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 12/11/2015 6:34 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >