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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Sunday Afternoon Sights at the Airport
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 22:41:19 -0500
References: <24179935.10734.1491186700213@mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

She was a very pretty young lady!  The nails may be black, but they are 
short, like she isn't afraid to use her hands, and she did arrive flying 
her Dad's Bonanza, on its way to the Avionics Shop for a transponder 
installation.  He was fueling up for the flight home.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 4/2/2017 9:31 PM, al crouch wrote:
> Nice shots all, Jim. I really like the last one.  Black shirt, black 
> nails, black fuel hose and isolated boots make for a nice arrangement.
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> Sent: Apr 2, 2017 8:55 PM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>, "LUG at 
>> Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Sunday Afternoon Sights at the Airport
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>> On a sunny Sunday, I suspected that the skydivers would be jumping at
>> the airport.  As I rounded the corner of the terminal building, this was
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> the scene at the fence.
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170402-DSCF1129.JPG.html
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>> I was able to snap a couple of the late jumpers, a tandem jump.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170402-DSCF1136.JPG.html
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>> After the jumpers landed, this classic car owner posed his 1957 Chevy
>> Bel Air with the DC-3, so his buddy could record it with his smart phone.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170402-DSCF1148.JPG.html
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>> As I walked back to the terminal area, this beautiful 1977 Cessna A185F
>> on amphibious floats taxied in to the gas pump.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170402-DSCF1155.JPG.html
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>> It takes a lot of ladder to reach the fuel tanks.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170402-DSCF1160.JPG.html
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>> On the second tank, he gets a helping hand from his daughter, who had
>> flown their Bonanza in for a visit to the Avionics Shop.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170402-DSCF1165.JPG.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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