Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, Charlie, here's a list of the survivors - I also read somehere that a couple were salvaged from the bottom of a lake in Norway - left there on the ice at the end of WWII - but I've no idea whether they are being made airworthy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airworthy_Ju_52. I noticed here that the call-sign is actually D-CDLH (DLH = Deutsche Lufthansa), not as I read it D-COLH. Cheers Douglas Charlie Meyer wrote: > I didn't think there were any airworthy JU-52 airframes left. I was > just thinking of a BA Concorde flying over my house in Upstate New > York the 1980s for a charity day spin. All in museums today. > > Good shots, even if things were working against you. > > Charlie > > > On Aug 16, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > >> Against the light, wrong lens, too far away and a lousy vantage >> point. Not good enough to warrant any additional processing either. >> >> The grab-shots of this preserved Junkers Ju 52 were taken over our >> garden this afternoon - at least the plane is recognisable. >> >> For nit-pickers: the registration on the fuselage, D-AQUI, is the >> number it flew under for Lufthansa in 1936. >> The number under the wing, D-COLH, is its current call sign. >> >> Hope you find it interesting >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/132098-1/20080816-_MG_8190.jpg >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/132101-1/20080816-_MG_8191.jpg >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/132104-1/20080816-_MG_8193.jpg >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/132107-1/20080816-_MG_8194.jpg >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> For the technically minded: Canon 20D + CZ f4/300mm at f4 ASA equivalent >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >