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Re: [OM] IMG: One More Airport Photo

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: One More Airport Photo
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 07:46:02 -0400
This exchange is just another reminder of the amazing range of knowledge 
evidenced by members of this list.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


Jim Nichols wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> You are correct.  I had typed King Air several times in other posts, and 
> just screwed up in this one.
> The T-tail Cessna is a CJ-2.
> There is one King Air 90 based at THA, and Travelairs, both old and new, 
> have been here.  The Beech Heritage Museum is located here, so it is with 
> embarrassment that I got the names mixed up.  At age 80, maybe I need to 
> quit trusting my memory. ;-)
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sue Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: One More Airport Photo
> 
> 
>> Although this may be nit-picking, that is a King Air turboprop. The King
>> Airs were built originally by Beechcraft when still operated  by Walter
>> Beech's widow, Olive Ann Beech. The line continued when the company was 
>> sold
>> to Raytheon, who didn't do so well with the company, and then it was sold 
>> to
>> an invesstment company and now is operated as Hawker Beechcraft. The King
>> Air line remains robust and is an important part of the company's profit.
>>
>> The Travel Air was a biplane, not a turboprop, that was the original name 
>> of
>> the company when owned by Walter Beech and Clyde Cessna and someone else.
>>
>> The trainer is likely a T6, built by North American Aviation. The latest
>> version is a turboprop that is built by Beech. That is their second 
>> military
>> trainer, the earlier one a highly modified version of the Bonanza.
>>
>> Oddly, if you aren't familiar with how tis works, the outer wing panels of
>> the King Airs are identical with the Bonanza wings.
>>
>> The Cessnas are both Citations. The one with the T tail is too new for me 
>> to
>> identify, but the one with the cruciform tail is a model 550, the Citation
>> II. I've got a lot of right hand seat time in that one, as the prototype 
>> was
>> modified for icing tests, which I photographed.
>>
>> Bill Pearce
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "LUG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:56 PM
>> Subject: [OM] IMG: One More Airport Photo
>>
>>
>>> This image demonstrates the timelessness of flying.  The Navy Advanced
>>> Trainer of WW II, one of the favorite aircraft ever produced, and an
>>> airshow standard performer, frames one of two Beech Travel Air turboprops
>>> on the ramp today, along with two Cessna jets.  Properly maintained or
>>> restored, they will fly forever.
>>>
>>> Best viewed large.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Yesterday+_amp_+Today.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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