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Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:21:37 -0400
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From: "Walters, Martin" <Martin.Walters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens


> John:
> Canada has the only other flying Lanc. Based in Hamilton with the
> Warplane Heritage. Flies over Ottawa reguarly as part of BoB and VE-Day
> celebrations.

That was the one that flew into Penticton, BC in the mid early 1990s. I have 
some head on shots as it came into land and some from directly underneath as 
it flew over the approach road. Should look them out.

jh

>
> Canada also has the only complete and genuine Halifax (restored at
> Trenton). The Imperial War Museum in the UK has one recovered from a
> lake, but only partially restored (there's also a composite one made up
> from a number of Halifax/Hastings pieces elsewhere in the UK)
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hudson [mailto:OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:44 AM
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> Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens
>
> A very interesting piece but it omits a rather significant detail; the
> lead pilot, aged 25, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his troubles.
>
> I have my doubts that the Lancaster flying over the Derwent dam wall is
> the world's last flying one. In the mid 1990s one flew into Penticton,
> BC where we lived at the time and was open to the public. I took a look
> around inside. At 5'10" I had to bend my head low to get through the
> fuselage. The cockpit was tiny ! The off-duty Air Canada 747 pilot who
> was flying the thing was more ecstatic than a small boy with a new toy
> to have the opportunity of flying a vintage aircraft.
>
> Seen here are three shots I took at Derwent reservoir a year ago:
>
> www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/911.html
> www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/912.html
> www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/913.html
>
> jh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walters, Martin" <Martin.Walters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens
>
>
>> Chris:
>> The last surviving pilot of the Dambuster raid attended. An
> interesting
>> photo of the Lanc passing over the dam in this article:
>> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2017043/posts
>>
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:32 AM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens
>>
>> Thanks for that, John.  I wish that I had known that the memorial
>> flights were going to take place.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 6 Jan 2009, at 02:38, John Hudson wrote:
>>
>>> Keith Allchin, a member of this list, very kindly referred me to this
>>> website
>>>
>>> www.StephenElliottPhotography.co.uk
>>>
>>> from which I went straight to:
>>>
>>> www.StephenElliottPhotography.co.uk/gallery_146163.html
>>>
>>> The photos were taken with an E-3 and a DZ 50-200mm lens
>>>
>>> The distance from the camera to the dam wall seen in two of the
> images
>>
>>> is
>>> 3.55 miles.
>>>
>>> The reservoir is just west of Sheffield, England and was the site of
>>> the trial runs for the 1943 RAF Dambusters raid over Germany.
>>>
>>> The images are quite a tribute to the 50-200 lens.
>>
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