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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Latest Addition at the Airport
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 06:57:54 +0000
The shot of the engine is pleasing, Jim.  I like the precision of engines and 
the jet engine is more exposed than piston types, I reckon.  I can’t find any 
reference to what is on the fin; it looks quite small for a radar, but I 
suppose it could be for some sort of navigational or approach aid.

The beacon has a nickname in the USAF but I can’t remember it.  In the RAF we 
used to call it the Pundit and it flashed a two-letter code in Morse to 
identify the airfield.  I seem to remember that in the US the rotating beacon 
was switched on if the airfield was operating IFR as well as at night.

Chris

> On 18 Dec 18, at 21:16, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I stopped by the airport today and caught the latest addition to the local 
> aircraft fleet out soaking up some sun, so I grabbed a few shots.  This is a 
> 2001 Dassault Falcon 2000 which is available for charters.  I'm told it was 
> once owned by George Clooney, before he moved up to something larger.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7154.JPG.html 
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7154.JPG.html>
> 
> Our airport has a history, since it was built as a training base during WWII. 
>  Lots of B-24 crews trained here, along with a lot of other military 
> aircraft.  The old airport beacon was removed when the original water tank 
> was demolished, and it now sits on a pole alongside the present hangars.  I 
> thought it made a nice contrast to the much newer Bizjet.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7156.JPG.html 
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7156.JPG.html>
> 
> As an engineer, I'm always interested in the details.  Here is one of the two 
> engine pods on the Falcon,  a very nice, clean installation.  I'm assuming 
> that is a radome on top of the fin.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7157.JPG.html 
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7157.JPG.html>
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.

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