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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Beech Party Arrivals
From: abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:06:25 -0700
References: <8bfced33-d36c-613f-5a5a-cd478aaf249b@lighttube.net>

Wow, wish I?d been there.

No Starship? I?ve always wanted to see one.

Adam

> On 2017 Oct 12, at 3:45 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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