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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airport Visit
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:47:06 -0500
References: <7077850a-2762-22ba-edf8-c3ec215a3080@lighttube.net> <1e8efa7c-8ad9-077d-ce93-4d8fd7dfaa6e@iol.ie>

Douglas, I doubt if he would accept a Democrat invitation to do an 
airshow..........

On 9/13/20 6:25 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Good collection, Jim. That T-33 looks smart. I presume the owner 
> resprays it for Democrat airshows...
>
> Douglas
>
> On 11/09/2020 21:59, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I took a two-lens kit to the airport on a very hot day today. The 
>> camera was a micro-4/3 Oly E-M1 and the lenses were the 50/2.0 Macro 
>> and the 50-200 SWD, along with my monopod.
>>
>> The first two images were made with the 50/2.0.? First is a Canadian 
>> manufactured T-33 airshow performer painted to appeal to Republicans.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200911-P9113595.JPG.html
>>
>> Second is today's jumper-hauler, for smaller crowds, a Pacific 
>> Aerospace Ltd. 750XL from New Zealand.? It was also shot with the 
>> 50/2.0.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200911-P9113628.JPG.html
>>
>> I then switched to the 50-200 with monopod and caught a tandem pair 
>> as they descended.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200911-P9113609-2.JPG.html 
>>
>>
>> And finally, the retrieval truck, as it started back to the hangar to 
>> repack the parachutes.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200911-P9113617.JPG.html
>>
>
>
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-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Airport Visit)
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