Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the kind words, Sonny. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 7/13/2015 7:57 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > One of my favorite airplanes to shoot pictures from. I always took a > large phillips screwdriver with me when I went out to fly in a 170 (or a > 172) so I could take the screw out of the window brace, then the side > window would flap up against the wing so I had a pretty clear view. > > Love a shot that brings back good memories. Thanks. > > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> While I was watching the glider and skydiving activity at the airport >> today, this sight from the 1950s taxiied over to the gas pumps. This is a >> Cessna 170B from 1954, although the registration shows the original >> Continental 145hp engine has been replaced with a Lycoming O-360 of 180hp. >> The pilot, who was certainly older than the airplane, was preflighting the >> aircraft for a Sunday flight. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/From+the+50s.JPG.html >> >> X-E1 with 27mm Pancake >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >