Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That Twin Beech is a lovely subject and well taken, Jim. Douglas On 12/10/2017 23:45, Jim Nichols wrote: > Each Fall, in mid-October, Beech aircraft owners have a Beech Party at > the Beechcraft Museum at the Tullahoma Airport.? The weekend started > today, so I went out to see what I could find as interesting subjects, > ignoring most of the crowd of Bonanzas and such that we see every > day.? There was still business as usual, with an Embraer Phenom 100 > awaiting a 3:00 departure.? The airplanes already at the Museum can be > seen behind the Phenom. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5728.JPG.html > > This father/daughter arrival shows the interest of the next > generation.? Her T-shirt indicates she is a pilot. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5723.JPG.html > > Next are three examples of the Beech Model 17 Staggerwing from the 30s > and 40s. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5710.JPG.html > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5748.JPG.html > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5809.JPG.html > > As if one P&W 450 was not noisy enough, this Beech Model 18 Twin Beech > made a low-altitude pass down the runway before circling to land. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5763.JPG.html > > Then, a Vanderbilt LifeFlight chopper departed on a medical mission. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171012-DSCF5773.JPG.html > > I forgot to change the lens FL in the camera's memory.? Most were with > the Leica-R Telyt 250, while the Phenom was with my Leica Elmarit-R 90. > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >