:-)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 10/10/2015 5:44 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
Nice report. Very Nathan. <g> Don't'cha just love the ladies who love shiny
parts? <wink>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn. (AOPA) is holding its last regional
fly-in of the year this weekend at our airport, hosted by the Beechcraft
Heritage Museum. For the early arrivals, they put on a Barnstormers Party
tonight, complete with live music from, where else, Nashville. I
introduced myself to one of the musicians, who uses the stage name, Jimmy
Nichols.
After a nice day for the rapidly-arriving airplanes, heavy rain moved in
as the crowd was arriving, so things got off to a slow start. Standing at
the entrance of the large museum hangar, I could see everything from Cubs
to a DC-3 to a business jet, parked in the wet grass.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+1.tif.html
I wandered around, looking at the few planes that were left in the corners
as the hangar was emptied to set up tables, and found an early Staggerwing
bearing the colors of barnstormer Roscoe Turner, along with a decal
depicting Gilmore, the young lion, that he carried with him until it got
too large to handle.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+2.tif.html
The food was very tasty and plentiful.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+3.tif.html
As the rain let up, the crowd increased rapidly.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+4.tif.html
Live musicians from Nashville, some of whom are pilots, entertained the
crowd.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+5.tif.html
This attractive young lady was using her cell phone to photograph the
radial engine that was on display, commenting that she was fascinated by
intricate shiny parts. I asked her to pose with the engine, and she
willingly obliged.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+6.tif.html
All with the X-E1 and 27mm, at ISOs from 400 to 1000. The mixture of
lighting made color balance a pain.
Comments and critiques welcomed.
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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