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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: The American Airlines Flagship Detroit
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:21:24 +0100
Bring back Mach 2.0 :-(

On Tuesday, 14 June 2016, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks, Bob.  But today's passengers want to cruise along at Mach .84 at
> 41,000 feet, and reach from coast to coast.  The "Class" is gone, the
> "cattle car" is here!
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 6/14/2016 10:23 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> Sweet. Love those old birds. With apologies to Bob Seger (appropriately
>> from Detroit): Today's airplanes ain't got the same soul.
>>
>> --Bob Whitmire
>> Certified Neanderthal
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:22 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> It’s a beautiful bird, Jim, thanks for sharing it.  It seems very easy for
>>> you to be close to the aircraft etc . . . do you get a pass for the
>>> flight
>>> line?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 13 Jun 16, at 22:06, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I looked at the scheduled flights for today and realized one of the
>>>>
>>> prime restored DC-3s in the country was coming in.  In keeping with its
>>> age, I put a Leica Summaron 35/3.5 on the Fuji X-E1, a lens dating from
>>> 1956, purchased from a former LUG contributor. Here are three images:
>>>
>>>> Parking the DC-3
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html
>>>> <
>>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html>
>>>
>>>> A front, quarter view
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html
>>> <
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html
>>>
>>>>
>>>> And a full side view of the American Airlines Flagship Detroit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html
>>> <
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html
>>>
>>
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