[Leica] THE STORY! THE PICTURE! :-) this is such a great shot of dr ted.

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

He never mentions this, (lboundless modesty) but for his courageous 
aerial battles for the freedom of the western world against the terrors 
of the 3rd Reich, they even named a distillery in Scotland and student 
financing in the UK in his honour - the well-known University Grant. :-)

tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "leo wesson" <leowesson at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:53 AM
> Subject: [Leica] this is such a great shot of dr ted.
>
>
>   
>> http://www.pbase.com/kididdoc/image/118032154
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>  
> The true story of 2 old time fighter pilots! Never before told! You've 
> heard it & seen it here for the first time of their great heroics while 
> battling high in the sky! :-)
>
> It was a nice sunny day over Europe as Group Captain Douglas Sharp and 
> myself,  Lt. Commander Ted Grant, were hunting the sky for friends and 
> foe! Suddenly we found ourselves out gunned by a squadron of foe 109's who 
> were hell bent to put an end to our pleasant sky cruising not really 
> looking for trouble.
>
> It appeared it surely was going to be our end! :-( We gave the Thumbs up, 
> smiled, rolled over into  steep dives in our trusty P-51 fighters! 
> WHEN!!!!!!!!!
>
> "TALLY HO CHAPS!" through our head set!! We both re-acted similarly as we 
> found our selves in a form of "Hollywood-Photoshop time warp" as only 
> could be created by the special effects of MGM! :-) Or Paramount 
> Studios... your choice! ;-) 
> But there they were high above us, the screaming jet engines of the 
> infamous British Royal Air Force "Red Arrows" to the rescue! :-) See in 
> Hollywood you can do anything! ;-) 
>
> It was all over in a matter of minutes as the Red Arrows "dispatched the 
> foe illusions in a second!"
> I knew I hadn't used my parachute as I thumped to the floor realizing I 
> fell out of bed! Damn!
> One single malt toooo many! ;-) However much better than a for real "Crash 
> & Burn!" ;-) 
>
> The truth? Yes I took my own digi-photo during a flight in a P51 fighter 
> to celebrate my 76th birthday day! ;-)  Why not, I'd always wanted to do 
> it so I figured I should before I got too old! :-)
>
> The Red Arrows are courtesy of the supreme Photoshop talents of "Group 
> Captain" ;-) Douglas Sharp who put it all together. :-) Thanks Group 
> Captain! :-)
>
> So there you go eh? A one time ever story of the daring dynamic flying 
> duo! Who survived to fly another day! ;-) Watch yer screen! :-)
> cheers,
> Dr. ted. :-)  AKA.... Lt. Commander Ted Grant :-) :-)  
>
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