Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/11/03

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: At the Airport
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 18:45:59 -0600
References: <1b9a5ac0-8345-2b64-c942-020b6e29f433@lighttube.net> <CA+3n+_m20_x3HrDDbnYEng=TTpuv9gVtNDStLdtidtnKx+BzSw@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, Don.

On 11/3/20 6:35 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> I agree about the art in the tail rotor cowling.
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020, 5:10 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Since I had to be out for a medical appointment, I stopped by the
>> airport to check on the folks that run it.  They told me that there was
>> a new medevac helicopter at the LifeFlight hanger, and I could see it
>> out front.   I saw one of the guys carrying half the engine cowl back to
>> the aircraft, and watched him climb up and reinstall the cowl.  What I
>> concluded is that "checking under the hood" on one of these machines is
>> not a walk in the park.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201103-DSCF7402.JPG.html
>>
>> This machine comes with a shrouded tail rotor, which is not only safer
>> for the rotor and nearby personnel, but is also a work of art.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201103-DSCF7405.JPG.html
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



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