Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jim. I needed a Daddy with a Lear jet when I was younger... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2016 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Two for Bonnaroo > Hi Douglas, > > Yes, these are fans, here for the shows. There have been chartered jets > in and out all weekend. We have no scheduled airline service, so, perhaps > that is the reason that our airport is not listed. > > A number of the bands and groups have, in past years, flown in for their > performance, been chauffeured for the twenty minute drive to Bonnaroo, > then back to the airport for a flight to their next performance location. > The heat has been too great this year for me to stay around the airport to > see them all. And a lot of them come in and out in the evening. Charter > jets are a way of life for them. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 6/12/2016 5:16 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> My jaw dropped when I saw this, Jim. That is some treat for a teenager. >> My father or mother wouldn't even lend me their cars - although riding >> past the pair of them at twice the speed limit on a motorbike might have >> helped that :-) >> >> Are you sure they're just fans? I looked at the line up for Bonnaroo, and >> there are a huge number of music acts playing there. Maybe they are one >> of the headliners at it? >> >> Interestingly enough, the Bonnaroo site gives a number of airports close >> to it, but Tullahoma - the closest isn't listed, so maybe that secret is >> just for the stars?? >> >> 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, June 10, 2016 2:21 AM >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Two for Bonnaroo >> >> >>> The four-day Bonnaroo music festival begins today at neighboring >>> Manchester, TN. What greater gift could a teenager receive than a >>> flight to Bonnaroo in a Gulfstream IV with friends. This one came in >>> from Tampa. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulfstream+IV+Arrival+for+Bonnaroo.tif.html >>> >>> This one is just because it was there, going nowhere, and I had the >>> time. The noisy part of the jet plane, manipulated by me. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Noise+Maker_.TIFF.html >>> >>> Fuji X-E1 with Fujinon 35mm f/2.0, manually set to f/8 to hide the >>> sensor lint >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >