At 09:15 PM 7/22/05 -0500, you wrote:
>So here is the story. Some weeks ago Lovely Wife informs me over dinner that
>pictures are required. I perk up. Such opportunities are to be treasured, as
>they provide justification for owning more photographic gear (OM and other).
>SNIP
>
>Arrangements are made. Charlie's "old Cessna" is a restored 1946
>Cessna 195. Two-hundred-and-seventy-five
>horsepower Jacobs 9-cylinder radial engine. Sweet-sounding. Actual
>Rolls-Royce interior yardage: mohair headliner cloth, maroon leather seats,
>wool carpet. Four-time Oshkosh Champion Cessna 195. Nice ride. The only
>window that opens, though, is a TV-dinner-sized crank-down on the pilot's
>side. Charlie says, "Just lean over me. I can still fly." Yeah, but can I
>shoot?
>
MAN,
Some guys get all the luck --- a restored 195 no less. Tell me you managed
to get shots of this exquisite piece of aviation history and that you will
present same for inspection :-) Did you have enough time to do some air to
air???
Barry H
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