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On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 1:51 PM Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Jim,
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> Got any idea what's in the bullet on the top of the vertical tail?
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> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 10:25:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Latest Addition at the Airport
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> Thanks, Chris. I also like to capture engine details.
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> As for this airport beacon, when I first noticed it in the early 1950s,
> it was still in military configuration and alternated between a green
> and a split white flash, which indicated a military airport. I have not
> checked its current output.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 12/19/2018 12:57 AM, ChrisB wrote:
> > The shot of the engine is pleasing, Jim. I like the precision of engines
> and the jet engine is more exposed than piston types, I reckon. I can’t
> find any reference to what is on the fin; it looks quite small for a radar,
> but I suppose it could be for some sort of navigational or approach aid.
> >
> > The beacon has a nickname in the USAF but I can’t remember it. In the
> RAF we used to call it the Pundit and it flashed a two-letter code in Morse
> to identify the airfield. I seem to remember that in the US the rotating
> beacon was switched on if the airfield was operating IFR as well as at
> night.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >> On 18 Dec 18, at 21:16, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> I stopped by the airport today and caught the latest addition to the
> local aircraft fleet out soaking up some sun, so I grabbed a few shots.
> This is a 2001 Dassault Falcon 2000 which is available for charters. I'm
> told it was once owned by George Clooney, before he moved up to something
> larger.
> >>
> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7154.JPG.html
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7154.JPG.html>
> >>
> >> Our airport has a history, since it was built as a training base during
> WWII. Lots of B-24 crews trained here, along with a lot of other military
> aircraft. The old airport beacon was removed when the original water tank
> was demolished, and it now sits on a pole alongside the present hangars. I
> thought it made a nice contrast to the much newer Bizjet.
> >>
> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7156.JPG.html
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7156.JPG.html>
> >>
> >> As an engineer, I'm always interested in the details. Here is one of
> the two engine pods on the Falcon, a very nice, clean installation. I'm
> assuming that is a radome on top of the fin.
> >>
> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7157.JPG.html
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20181218-DSCF7157.JPG.html>
> >>
> >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
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