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Re: [OM] DZ 40-150 in action

Subject: Re: [OM] DZ 40-150 in action
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:00:15 -0600
Nice images, Chris.  That a/c is a real workhorse.  I just read of an 
American pilot using one to carry more than half a ton of medical supplies 
to Haiti from Florida.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:40 AM
Subject: [OM] DZ 40-150 in action


> Well I received my DZ 40-150 in double-quick time and had a use for it 
> yesterday.  I was on my own at work with 5 students to fly, but the 
> weather was very difficult: clear skies but with fog only 5 miles away to 
> the north and south, forecast to roll in.  Since the students had 
> travelled a long way to fly I thought that I should at least have a go, 
> but remain in sight of the airfield in case the weather deteriorated 
> suddenly.  Well it did, and I had to zip back quickly from a few miles 
> away and 4,000ft.  There was cloud already covering most of the airfield 
> and I had to dart under the stratus at around 300ft.  As I did so, Tower 
> told me that there was another aircraft diverting from Cambridge, a 
> Pilatus PC12.  When it landed I thought that it might be a spy machine of 
> some sort, not having heard of the registration before, nor having seen 
> such a machine in the colour.  In addition, it had a pod on the starboard 
> wing which I took to be some sort of ECM device.
>
> But it was just an exec jet carrying pax for a Danish company.  I took a 
> couple of photos before I discovered that it wasn't on nefarious CIA 
> business, then went a bit closer and talked to the pilot.
>
> http://threeshoes-photo.blogspot.com
>
> I really quite like this lens; thanks Ian Nichols for pointing it out on 
> the Auction Site :-)
>
> Chris
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