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From: "Lee Penzias" <l_penzias@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Jets and Rocks; WAS an OM weekend
> Donald,
>
> Yeah - I found that even when I "saw them coming" often I was sometimes
> still not quite mentally prepared for the roar and rush as they passed.
>
> RE: the OM content... me too. And I never really took enough of the photo
> opportunities there. The scope for for people, scenery and aircraft alike
> was great there.
>
> Cheers,
> Lee
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Donald MacDonald" <donald.macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Jets and Rocks; WAS an OM weekend
> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:48:29 +0100
>
> Lee wrote:
>
> <snip>
> For unexpected shock value though I think it was FB-111, RAF Tornadoes and
> Jags sneaking up on us on the peaks and ridges in North Wales that really
> sent the heart rate up. Sometimes they seemed to be close enough to throw
> things at them.
> <snip>
>
> I know where you're coming from, Lee. Once when on the crux of Crackstone
> Rib in Llanberis I was nearly shaken off the face by two (or was it
three -
> I didn't look very closely) Hawks banking through the Pass, about my hip
> height and half a ropelength (at least it seemed like that) away.
>
> That was the day I unclipped from the rope, but that's another story...
>
> OM content - none. I hadn't bought my OM1n yet (1977).
>
> Donald.
>
> Donald Neil MacDonald, BA DipLIS
> www.bigmac1st.freeserve.co.uk
>
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