Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You guys are so encouraging!! I've flown in little tiny propeller planes and landed on grass strips along the Patuka River in Honduras when the pilot asked us to pray because there was not enough gas to get where we were going and I was the co-pilot! This flight was nothing. Tina On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Jim Hemenway <jim at hemenway.com> wrote: > I remember one of these crashing in Indiana in the mid-90's. > > No survivors. > > Jim > > > On 10/5/12 6:25 PM, Bill Pearce wrote: > >> Yes, that's the one. Be sure not to fly in known icing conditions with a >> poorly trained inexperienced crew. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Tina Manley >> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 3:45 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Propeller Plane >> >> It's an ATR 72-500 >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**ATR_72<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATR_72>>. >> They are partners >> with Lufthansa which we flew the rest of the way (a great airline!) >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Air_Dolomiti<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Dolomiti> >> >> Tina >> >> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> >> wrote: >> >> I'm wondering what it is. Perhaps one of those French turboprops like the >>> one that went down in NY state about 10 years ago? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Tina Manley >>> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 3:03 PM >>> To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com ; lug ; paw ; seephoto ; Olympus Camera >>> Discussion >>> >>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Propeller Plane >>> >>> PESO: >>> >>> Here is one for you airplane guys: >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/****146492016<http://www.pbase.com/image/**146492016> >>> <http://www.pbase.**com/image/146492016<http://www.pbase.com/image/146492016>> >>> >>> >>> We flew Dolomiti Airlines from Munich to Genoa and back again. On the >>> flight out, the stewardess would not let me take photos out of the window >>> for security reasons! I couldn't even hold my camera on my lap. On the >>> way back, they had no objections at all so I took photos the whole way. >>> I >>> loved the way the propeller stopped at 1/1500 of a second. >>> >>> C&C greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> ______________________________****_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/****mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug> >>> <http://**leica-users.org/mailman/**listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>>for >>> more information >>> >>> ______________________________****_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/****mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug> >>> <http://**leica-users.org/mailman/**listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>>for >>> more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com