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Re: [OM] IMG: From the Past

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: From the Past
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:16:29 -0500
Hi Paul,

Thanks for the kind words.  I rode one cross-country in a C-47 when I was in 
the USAF during the Korean War.  A long time ago.  I also rode a C-54 to 
Washington and back as a civilian.  They were both great aircraft.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Laughlin" <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: From the Past


> On 7/14/2010 11:01 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> This proud old DC-3 could tell a lot of stories.  Its most recent job was 
>> to carry sky divers, but, after losing an engine, it just sits here 
>> hoping for a repair that is too expensive to justify it.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/From+the+Past.jpg.html
>>
> Nice shot, Jim.  A bit of nostalgia for me.  I have been in and around a
> lot of them in the past.  I worked as a Radio Mechanic in the USAF for
> several years.  When the C-54s were taken to Europe for the Berlin
> Airlift, they ran the Military Air Transport Service trans continental
> passenger service with C-47s.  I was assigned to the MATS detachment
> that ran that service in '48.  Rode a number of them as a passenger
> later during my service.  A real work horse.
> Paul in Portland OR
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