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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: AOPA Barnstormers Party
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:49:10 -0500
References: <56188260.4000901@lighttube.net> <B3FC263B-7B59-4247-AB43-229357F2FBC7@frozenlight.eu>

On Oct 10, 2015, at 12:51 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> You certainly saved the best for last!!!

>> 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.

+1

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

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