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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: AOPA Barnstormers Party
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:51:57 +0200
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You certainly saved the best for last!!!

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 10 Oct 2015, at 05:13, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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