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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Labor Day at the Airport
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 15:40:32 -0500

I made a short visit to the local airport today.? A Bellanca Super 
Decathlon in eye-catching colors was visiting from Huntsville.? This 
looks like it would be real "fun machine".

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073538.JPG.html

The local skydivers were active in the beautiful sunshine.? Here, a 
tandem pair (instructor and student) were making a sharp turn upwind for 
landing.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073544.JPG.html

Two more tandem pairs were lined up for landing.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073556.JPG.html

Students are told to raise their feet as they approach the ground, while 
the instructor handles the ground contact.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200907-P9073558.JPG.html

This was my first time to try the ZD 50mm f/2.0 Macro with AF for sky 
divers.? Not being as agile as I once was, I shot from near the terminal 
rather than out near the landing zone, but tracking the jumpers against 
blue sky was not as difficult as I thought it might be.? I might even 
get up enough nerve to try the 50-200 SWD.

-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



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