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Re: [OM] DZ 40-150 in action

Subject: Re: [OM] DZ 40-150 in action
From: Russ Butler <rbinnj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:01:36 -0500
Chris,

That's a really good shot of a neat plane.

But what makes you think that "Danish company" isn't a cover for the CIA 
? :-)

-- 
Russ Butler (NJ USA)

Chris Barker wrote:
> Well I received my DZ 40-150 in double-quick time and had a use for
> it yesterday.  I was on my own at work with 5 students to fly, but
> the weather was very difficult: clear skies but with fog only 5 miles
> away to the north and south, forecast to roll in.  Since the students
> had travelled a long way to fly I thought that I should at least have
> a go, but remain in sight of the airfield in case the weather
> deteriorated suddenly.  Well it did, and I had to zip back quickly
> from a few miles away and 4,000ft.  There was cloud already covering
> most of the airfield and I had to dart under the stratus at around
> 300ft.  As I did so, Tower told me that there was another aircraft
> diverting from Cambridge, a Pilatus PC12.  When it landed I thought
> that it might be a spy machine of some sort, not having heard of the
> registration before, nor having seen such a machine in the colour.
> In addition, it had a pod on the starboard wing which I took to be
> some sort of ECM device.
> 
> But it was just an exec jet carrying pax for a Danish company.  I
> took a couple of photos before I discovered that it wasn't on
> nefarious CIA business, then went a bit closer and talked to the
> pilot.
> 
> http://threeshoes-photo.blogspot.com
> 
> I really quite like this lens; thanks Ian Nichols for pointing it out
> on the Auction Site :-)
> 
> Chris




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