Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While making a shopping run today, I stopped by the airport.? I wanted another look at the impressive early DC-3 parked there.? As I suspected, this 1937 model is equipped with Wright Whirlwind engines.? Later models used Pratt & Whitney Twin-Wasp engines.? Seeing the cloud cover, I thought this was a good chance to get an environmental portrait of the airplane as it would have been depicted in 1937 when it entered airline service. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190513-DSCF7319.JPG.html I always enjoy the conversations with the folks in attendance at the airport counter.? Here is one of the friendliest. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190513-DSCF7323.JPG.html -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA