Hmmmmmm Don't know bout no Pearse. Got a story to tell? /jim
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[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of andrew fildes
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 8:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [OM] Semi-OT/The Wright Centinnial, or "Flop in the Slop"
Down here we simply ignored it all because we know that Pearse got
there first but had a lesser PR flack.
(Now that's gotta trigger something :)
AndrewF
>Gee, I figured _someone_ here would have posted something about the
>re-enactment of the Wright brother's first powered flight 100 years ago
>at Kill Devil Hills, NC. Could it be that no one else here was in
>attendance?
>
>Of course, as most of you probably know by now, the re-created Wright
>"Flyer" _didn't_, due to wind (not enough of it at the right time) and
>rain (too much of it at the wrong time). Thousands of us waited all
>day, literally soaked to the skin, hoping to witness the feat never the
>less.
>
>Security was extremely tight -- even tighter than that at the various
>airports I passed through getting there. As a result, I brought no
>significant camera bag to protect the OM-4T and two zooms I hoped to
>carry, and no tripod or even mono-pod -- I was traveling light, don't
>you know! When it became obvious that rain (not cold) was the critical
>issue, I decided not to risk the good OM, choosing to carry a
>weatherproof back-up, the Stylus Zoom 140, instead. Good selection,
>practically -- it _did_ get soaked, but to no harm of course. Bad
>selection, photographically, at least for the distant shots -- 140mm
>wasn't enough, and hand-held shooting without a tripod just didn't cut
>it either, sorry to say. Never the less, I did get a few nice shots
>indoors of the "Flyer" and the monument to the Wrights. Still, my 24mm
>f/2.8 would have been far preferable, but you know what you call a lens
>that gets wet, don't you? (Answer: "paperweight")
>
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