Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, wish I?d been there. No Starship? I?ve always wanted to see one. Adam > On 2017 Oct 12, at 3:45 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > Each Fall, in mid-October, Beech aircraft owners have a Beech Party at the > Beechcraft Museum at the Tullahoma Airport. The weekend started today, so > I went out to see what I could find as interesting subjects, ignoring most > of the crowd of Bonanzas and such that we see every day. There was still > business as usual, with an Embraer Phenom 100 awaiting a 3:00 departure. > The airplanes already at the Museum can be seen behind the Phenom. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5728.JPG.html > > This father/daughter arrival shows the interest of the next generation. > Her T-shirt indicates she is a pilot. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5723.JPG.html > > Next are three examples of the Beech Model 17 Staggerwing from the 30s and > 40s. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5710.JPG.html > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5748.JPG.html > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5809.JPG.html > > As if one P&W 450 was not noisy enough, this Beech Model 18 Twin Beech > made a low-altitude pass down the runway before circling to land. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5763.JPG.html > > Then, a Vanderbilt LifeFlight chopper departed on a medical mission. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5773.JPG.html > > I forgot to change the lens FL in the camera's memory. Most were with the > Leica-R Telyt 250, while the Phenom was with my Leica Elmarit-R 90. > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information