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Subject: [Leica] IMG: People at the Airport
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:28:09 -0500
References: <380-220128322201259140@earthlink.net>

Hi Al,

Thanks for the kind words.  Yes, the engine was cold.  He was pondering the 
best approach to fixing a leaking brake line or cylinder.

You nailed Jim well.  He is quite a talker, but I enjoyed visiting with him.

I agree, the Challenger is quite an impressive aircraft.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Crouch" <Al.crouch at earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: People at the Airport


> Jim:
> Good people images.   I flinched a little when seeing Don because he looks
> like he has his hand on an engine manifold and I have been burned more 
> than
> once that way.  I'm assuming the engine was cold and it's probably an
> intake line of some sort, so no harm done.
>
> Jim looks like one of those guys we've all known, who has a plenty to say.
> You probably spent some time in that rocker.  Good postings.  The 
> Bombadier
> is a beauty.
> :Al
>
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> To: LUG at Leica-Users.org <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Cc: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> Date: 8/22/2012 2:47:35 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: People at the Airport
>>
>> On today's airport visit, I was determined to get some "people" images.
> The first is of Don, a retired military veteran who served in the Navy,
> Marines, and Air Force.  An experienced mechanic, he is shown with his 
> 1946
> Ercoupe, which he still flies and maintains.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Don+F.jpg.html
>>
>> I found Jim, a retired engineer, sitting in a rocking chair watching the
> airport action.  I snapped his image before I sat down to discuss 
> grandkids
> and medical problems, the general conversation of octogenarians.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Jim+M.jpg.html
>>
>> This Bombardier Challenger, which stopped for fuel, was the center of
> attention at the time.  A beautiful business aircraft, it is equipped for
> single-point refueling, so that all tanks can be serviced with a single
> connection to the fuel truck.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Single-Point+Refueling.jpg.html
>>
>> All shot with the Olympus E-1 and Leica Elmarit-R 28mm.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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