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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Visit
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:17:33 -0500
Hi Scott,

This is a T33-MK3, built by Canadair, hence the Rolls engine.  Sounds like 
your son-in-law has an interesting job.

Thanks for looking.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Gomez" <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Visit


> Great seein' that interlinked R at the tail of that T33, since my new
> son-in-law is Director of Maintenance, Rolls-Royce, On-Wing Care North
> America. :-)
>
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> Scott Gomez
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Jim Nichols 
> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> A closed-course air race is scheduled for tomorrow, starting and 
>> finishing
>> at the local airport.  I spotted the first entry to arrive, and spent a 
>> few
>> minutes talking with him.  The airplane is a Van's RV-6A.  He said he and
>> his wife spent 8 years building the airplane.  She died of cancer in
>> January, and he misses her very much.  He took off for a flight to check
>> out the race route.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/RV-6A.jpg.html
>>
>> I learned to fly in 1957-58, beginning in a Piper J3C-65 Cub.  It taught
>> me a lot!  I recently learned that a new owner is restoring the airplane,
>> so I took this opportunity to get a photo of it once more.  There are a 
>> few
>> details left to complete, but the old girl looks just fine.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/1946+J-3+Cub.jpg.html
>>
>> To make room in a hangar for race registration, etc., the Red Knight T-33
>> was sitting outside.  Walking past it, I noted this prominent warning:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Beware+of+Blast.jpg.html
>>
>> All with the E-1 and Leica Elmarit-R 28mm.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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