Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sky King?s airplane! On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 6:55 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Thank you very much, Douglas. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 10/12/2017 6:35 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > > That Twin Beech is a lovely subject and well taken, Jim. > > > > Douglas > > > > On 12/10/2017 23:45, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Each Fall, in mid-October, Beech aircraft owners have a Beech Party > >> at the Beechcraft Museum at the Tullahoma Airport. The weekend > >> started today, so I went out to see what I could find as interesting > >> subjects, ignoring most of the crowd of Bonanzas and such that we see > >> every day. There was still business as usual, with an Embraer Phenom > >> 100 awaiting a 3:00 departure. The airplanes already at the Museum > >> can be seen behind the Phenom. > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5728.JPG.html > >> > >> This father/daughter arrival shows the interest of the next > >> generation. Her T-shirt indicates she is a pilot. > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5723.JPG.html > >> > >> Next are three examples of the Beech Model 17 Staggerwing from the > >> 30s and 40s. > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5710.JPG.html > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5748.JPG.html > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5809.JPG.html > >> > >> As if one P&W 450 was not noisy enough, this Beech Model 18 Twin > >> Beech made a low-altitude pass down the runway before circling to land. > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5763.JPG.html > >> > >> Then, a Vanderbilt LifeFlight chopper departed on a medical mission. > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5773.JPG.html > >> > >> I forgot to change the lens FL in the camera's memory. Most were > >> with the Leica-R Telyt 250, while the Phenom was with my Leica > >> Elmarit-R 90. > >> > >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA