Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hi guys.. you have hijacked this subject line... so please find another subject title.... Steve On Mar 22, 2010, at 2:08 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > I assumed they duct taped it to the side of the plane but damn it just > didn't hold. > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> Umm well the stories get somewhat distorted on-line. Not many windows in >> the >> F-4 Phantom to drop cameras out of. >> The pilot would be an unhappy camper if you were to open the canopy in >> flight. >> Solms does have cameras on display that have been retrieved from certain >> adventures. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hoppyman/2/s008.jpg.html >> >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> On 21 March 2010 18:09, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: >>> >>>> Steve I just read somewhere today -- on Wikipedia perhaps -- that there >>>> resides in the Leica Museum in Solms a Leicaflex SL and (I think) 35mm >>>> Elmarit that fell 25,000 feet out of a Phantom Jet -- 25000 feet! Like >>> FOUR >>>> MILES -- and was deemed repairable by the Leica technicians. I do hope >>> this >>>> is true, and that someday I will see it. >>> >>>> V >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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