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Subject: [OM] IMG: How Banners are Towed
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:58:26 -0500
I had occasion yesterday to talk with a professional banner tow pilot, watch him lay out his equipment, and photograph the banner pickup for a four-hour tour above the Bonnaroo Music Festival.

The airplane is a highly modified Piper Cub, fitted with a 180 hp Titan engine, replacing the original 65 hp Continental.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170609-DSCF2304.JPG.html

Here he snatches the tow line and begins a steep climb.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170609-DSCF2402.JPG.html

The banner unfurls as he climbs away.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170609-DSCF2407.JPG.html

Then he heads off to Bonnaroo to go to work.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170609-DSCF2415.JPG.html

Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.

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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

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