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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Working Aircraft
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:03:12 -0500
Thanks for looking, Chris. Yes, it is a T33, made in Canada. Chris Rounds flies airshow gigs when he can get them. He has a sacrificial T33 for spare parts.

I enjoyed looking through the gallery that you linked. You have some great shots in there, including my favorite, with the smiling student in the right seat.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/11/2015 1:59 AM, ChrisB wrote:
I like the T33, Jim (I hope that I have that right).  I live not far from Old 
Warden airfield, where the Shuttleworth Collection of old and ancient aircraft 
is kept and flown.  I might try to set myself the task of photographing each 
member of the collection.

They had the Vulcan flying at their airshow last weekend.  I wasn’t expecting to see 
it while visiting a friend in a nearby village, but the huge aircraft came over the cricket 
pitch at about 300ft.  My camera was in my bag and I didn’t get it out in time, but I 
think that you can imagine the sight: cricketers in white on the green field, surrounded with 
houses and tall trees and this large green triangle appearing over the trees in the distance, 
from the south.

I’m not keen on the Vulcan: it’s a waste of energy and I hated the idea of flying the 
blimmin’ thing, a rubbish job during the Cold War.  But this sight was stirring!

Here’s a shot of the machine over another local airfield, Little Gransden, 
where I act as part of the Safety Committee, from 2013:

http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Airplanes/Flying/i-MxpjTKB/A

Chris

On 10 Jul 2015, at 20:33, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I made a brief stop at the airport this morning and found, among others, two 
aircraft that earn their keep by working with their owners.  The Red Knight 
airshow performer is being prepared for a job in Texas.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Red+Knight.tif.html 
<http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Red+Knight.tif.html>

I spotted this Cessna Skyhawk II on the ramp and recognized the tracking 
antennae from photos in Nature Conservancy magazines.  I researched the 
aircraft and found it belongs to Copperhead Environmental Consulting, of Paint 
Lick, KY.  I don't know their plans locally, but they have been tracking 
endangered bats that have been fitted with tracking transmitters, and also have 
been doing census counts of raptors.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Copperhead.tif.html 
<http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Copperhead.tif.html>

Both with the X-E1 and 27mm Pancake

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