Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn. (AOPA) is holding its last regional fly-in of the year this weekend at our airport, hosted by the Beechcraft Heritage Museum. For the early arrivals, they put on a Barnstormers Party tonight, complete with live music from, where else, Nashville. I introduced myself to one of the musicians, who uses the stage name, Jimmy Nichols. After a nice day for the rapidly-arriving airplanes, heavy rain moved in as the crowd was arriving, so things got off to a slow start. Standing at the entrance of the large museum hangar, I could see everything from Cubs to a DC-3 to a business jet, parked in the wet grass. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+1.tif.html I wandered around, looking at the few planes that were left in the corners as the hangar was emptied to set up tables, and found an early Staggerwing bearing the colors of barnstormer Roscoe Turner, along with a decal depicting Gilmore, the young lion, that he carried with him until it got too large to handle. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+2.tif.html The food was very tasty and plentiful. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+3.tif.html As the rain let up, the crowd increased rapidly. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+4.tif.html Live musicians from Nashville, some of whom are pilots, entertained the crowd. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+5.tif.html This attractive young lady was using her cell phone to photograph the radial engine that was on display, commenting that she was fascinated by intricate shiny parts. I asked her to pose with the engine, and she willingly obliged. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+6.tif.html All with the X-E1 and 27mm, at ISOs from 400 to 1000. The mixture of lighting made color balance a pain. Comments and critiques welcomed. -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA