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Re: [OM] IMG: How Banners are Towed

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: How Banners are Towed
From: "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 13:22:22 -0500
With 180 hp in a cub, you would need to turn it off to stall it.

-----Original Message----- From: ChrisB
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 1:31 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: How Banners are Towed

That’s interesting, Jim.  He must be close to the stall as he climbs away.

Chris

On 10 Jun 17, at 17:58, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.

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