Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim I got to feel one in the air in the early 80's but that was about it. I've ridden along in a few taildraggers but never tried to land one. Probably why I'm still around.Maybe we should dump a few Leicas and chip in on a flying machine....Spent last Sat. afternoon watching folks fly around in parachutes with engines attached. Looked like fun but then I was on the ground and we all know what that means. *Better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than in the air wishing you were on the ground. =-O * Walt Jim Nichols wrote: > Walt, > > I got my first hands-on feel of the controls in one of those in the > late 40s. Never tried to land it, though. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] "Da plane boss" > > >> Have you ever tried a Stearman? After WWII the army sold them for >> $300 with a spare engine in the box. 8-) >> >> Jack Maddox wrote: >>> Adam, >>> >>> I know just what you mean. I have been around aircraft for almost as >>> long as I can remember. I can hear the sound of a radial engine long >>> before I can tell the direction from whence it emanates. I will run >>> out of the house in search of one. Trouble is they are few and far >>> between now days. >>> >>> Thanks for looking >>> Jack >>> >>> >>> Adam Bridge wrote: >>>> Dozens of small airfields I know of would love to have something like >>>> this hanging in their lounges. Wow...it sooooo captures, well, the kid >>>> in ME! Hell, the adult in me too 'cause that's just how I feel when I >>>> see some hunk of flying machinery motor past. >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> On 5/2/07, Jack Maddox <jmaddox01@suddenlink.net> wrote: >>>>> Children love aircraft. If they make a lot of noise its all the >>>>> better. >>>>> Jacob and Alisa have found the source of their amusement. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/smilingjack/grab+bag/img033+copy.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/ypl3gq >>>>> >>>>> comments are always welcomed. >>>>> >>>>> Jack >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >