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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airport Visit
From: jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:32:17 -0400
References: <A0900413597E45ADAE98698B33EC2363@jimnichols> <506626AA.8030701@hemenway.com> <298B717CEB394E28AAF5B9BEDAC95ABD@jimnichols>

It was painted grey and was owned by the Massachusetts CAP and used for 
finding downed private planes and other missing things.

An L-4 is shown here in in military "livery:
http://www.caphistory.org/images/Exh4/BuddLake_NJ_Cub_031_lg.jpg

Note that unlike the two that I flew in, (as passenger), this one has an 
enclosed cockpit.

Jim


On 9/28/12 7:02 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Thanks, Jim.  Could have been an L-4.  I've never seen one in military 
> configuration.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hemenway" <jim at hemenway.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Airport Visit
>
>
>> 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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