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Re: [OM] (OM) Once more two generations of aeroplanes ...

Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) Once more two generations of aeroplanes ...
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:17:10 -0500
Thanks, Martin.  I felt that the nose and five-bladed prop could only belong 
to a Spit.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Walters" <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) Once more two generations of aeroplanes ...


> Jim:
> The five blade prop means a Griffon engine. The one (Mk XIV) that was
> flying in NZ (ZK-XIV) crashed a number of years ago, luckily not killing
> the pilot. It's being restored, I gather. I presume that's the one in
> the photo.
>
> Martin
>
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Beautifully composed, Brian.  Isn't that a late model Spitfire in the
>> foreground?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 4:28 AM
>> Subject: [OM] (OM) Once more two generations of aeroplanes ...
>>
>>
>>> Prompted by Dawid's image yesterday, I have uploaded one of my own.
>>>
>>> Taken at either the last Wings And Wheels at Wigram airbase, or the
>>> second-to-last.
>>>
>>> One grunty (especially if you were close) monoplane, observing with 
>>> expert
>>> nose-cone, four Australian swing-wing jet fighters putting on a show.
>>>
>>> Most likely OM2, Kodachrome 64.
>>>
>>> This is an old scan which I retrieved from my W'95 machine. Sorry about
>>> the
>>> marks, and I feel sure I could improve the resolution on one of my newer
>>> scanners. But not tonight, Josephine.   Anyway; enjoy.
>>>
>>> Top link at      http://www.brianswale.com/zuikoholics/
>>>
>>> Brian Swale.
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