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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Gooney Bird - DC3 variety
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon Aug 6 20:10:48 2007
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Ira,

That is a beautiful DC-3.  It appears to have after-market cowls and wheel 
fairings, so it would have been a real performer in its day.

Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ISILVERMN@aol.com>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 10:02 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Gooney Bird - DC3 variety


> Jim Nichols' fine photograph of the Day-Glo painted C-47 inspired me  to
> search my archives for this vintage DC-3.
>
> Taken on Hilton Head Island in September 1978, I found the plane and its
> surroundings evocative of an earlier era - even when a captured it almost 
> 40
> years ago.
>
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/Douglas+DC-3+Sept+78.
> jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/Douglas+DC-3+Sept+78.jpg.html)
>
> Tech stuff: Rollei 35 (still my trusty pocket camera today), Kodacolor II,
> and a LOT of spotting in Photoshop.
>
> As always, comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ira Silverman
> Irvine, CA
>
>
>
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