Sweet. Love those old birds. With apologies to Bob Seger (appropriately
from Detroit): Today's airplanes ain't got the same soul.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:22 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It’s a beautiful bird, Jim, thanks for sharing it. It seems very easy for
> you to be close to the aircraft etc . . . do you get a pass for the flight
> line?
>
> Chris
>
> > On 13 Jun 16, at 22:06, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I looked at the scheduled flights for today and realized one of the
> prime restored DC-3s in the country was coming in. In keeping with its
> age, I put a Leica Summaron 35/3.5 on the Fuji X-E1, a lens dating from
> 1956, purchased from a former LUG contributor. Here are three images:
> >
> > Parking the DC-3
> >
> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html <
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html>
> >
> > A front, quarter view
> >
> >
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html
> <
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html
> >
> >
> > And a full side view of the American Airlines Flagship Detroit
> >
> >
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html
> <
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html
> >
>
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