[Leica] IMG: Airport Visit

[jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Jim:

Nice clear shot of the T-33 tail.

All I know about small planes is what I learned in the 50's while a 
cadet in the Civil Air Patrol.  I had a lot of rides in a small plane 
with no doors, just a rope on each side... an L4 perhaps?

Jim

On 9/28/12 5:40 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> A closed-course air race is scheduled for tomorrow, starting and finishing 
> at the local airport.  I spotted the first entry to arrive, and spent a 
> few minutes talking with him.  The airplane is a Van's RV-6A.  He said he 
> and his wife spent 8 years building the airplane.  She died of cancer in 
> January, and he misses her very much.  He took off for a flight to check 
> out the race route.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/RV-6A.jpg.html
>
> I learned to fly in 1957-58, beginning in a Piper J3C-65 Cub.  It taught 
> me a lot!  I recently learned that a new owner is restoring the airplane, 
> so I took this opportunity to get a photo of it once more.  There are a 
> few details left to complete, but the old girl looks just fine.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/1946+J-3+Cub.jpg.html
>
> To make room in a hangar for race registration, etc., the Red Knight T-33 
> was sitting outside.  Walking past it, I noted this prominent warning:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Beware+of+Blast.jpg.html
>
> All with the E-1 and Leica Elmarit-R 28mm.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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