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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Visit
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:04:18 -0400
Love the old Piper. As for that last one, if you're close enough to read the 
warning, aren't you in imminent danger of becoming toast?

--Bob


On Sep 28, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> A closed-course air race is scheduled for tomorrow, starting and finishing at 
> the local airport.  I spotted the first entry to arrive, and spent a few 
> minutes talking with him.  The airplane is a Van's RV-6A.  He said he and his 
> wife spent 8 years building the airplane.  She died of cancer in January, and 
> he misses her very much.  He took off for a flight to check out the race 
> route.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/RV-6A.jpg.html
> 
> I learned to fly in 1957-58, beginning in a Piper J3C-65 Cub.  It taught me a 
> lot!  I recently learned that a new owner is restoring the airplane, so I 
> took this opportunity to get a photo of it once more.  There are a few 
> details left to complete, but the old girl looks just fine.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/1946+J-3+Cub.jpg.html
> 
> To make room in a hangar for race registration, etc., the Red Knight T-33 was 
> sitting outside.  Walking past it, I noted this prominent warning:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Beware+of+Blast.jpg.html
> 
> All with the E-1 and Leica Elmarit-R 28mm.
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA

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