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Re: [OM] IMG: From an Exercise Walk at the Airport

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: From an Exercise Walk at the Airport
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:30:11 +0100
That’s interesting, Jim.  Perhaps the lack of metalwork in the glider reduces 
shielding . . . or something like that.

Chris

> On 14 Apr 2017, at 22:39, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Chris, I found one more to your liking, though it was taken with a lowly E-1. 
>  This is a Stemme Self-Launching Glider, with a folding, concealable 
> propeller.  It will cost a bunch of quid, though!  Two place, side by side, 
> folding wings, retractable gear, everything for the gentleman pilot of 
> leisure.
> 
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21816
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 4/14/2017 11:32 AM, ChrisB wrote:
>> That aircraft is strange, Jim: I can’t see any method of propulsion . . .
>> 
>> I expect that the flowers have flourished where dirt has been blown against 
>> the rail.  You should see the airfields that the RAF still uses, complete 
>> with WWII hangars ;-)
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>>> On 13 Apr 2017, at 19:59, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Last weekend, I posted a couple of images of the Civil Air Patrol training 
>>> glider in the air.  Today, I found it near the front in the hangar.  Here 
>>> is the cockpit, for anyone interested.
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170413-DSCF1430.JPG.html 
>>> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170413-DSCF1430.JPG.html>
>>> 
>>> While I was walking, I watched this handsome visitor land.  This is a 2008 
>>> Cirrus SR22, which normally includes an airframe parachute.
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170413-DSCF1439.JPG.html 
>>> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170413-DSCF1439.JPG.html>
>>> 
>>> In an area where WWII USAAF hangars once stood, there were a lot of these 
>>> tiny wild flowers growing along the old hangar door tracks.  Perhaps it has 
>>> an iron deficiency?
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170413-DSCF1437.JPG.html 
>>> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170413-DSCF1437.JPG.html>
>>> 
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
> 
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