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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Big Display Tent Comes Down
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:51:49 +0200
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Nice sunset Jim
Lluis


> El 17 set 2019, a les 3:22, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
> escriure:
> 
> The final Regional Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Fly-In was held 
> locally on Friday and Saturday, with visiting aircraft parked on both 
> sides of a mile-long runway, and visitors bussed from parking lots to the 
> display area all day long for two days. Most visitors were gone by late 
> Sunday afternoon.  At the end of today (Monday), the most obvious thing 
> remaining is the roof and metal structure of the main display tent.  Also 
> around are some extra fuel trucks that were brought in for the occasion.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190916-DSCF7363.JPG.html
> 
> As I watched the sun settling in the west, I spoke to a young fellow 
> standing at the gate, asking him if the pilot making takeoffs and landings 
> had just soloed.  His response was, "That's my wife!".
> 
> I couldn't help but recall how it felt, over 60 years ago, when I soloed 
> at the same airport.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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