I haven’t seen that sort of powered glider, Jim, if that’s a propeller on the
nose. It looks like RC models that I’ve seen, with blades that fold back in
the slipstream and outwards when under power.
The Aeronca is a good shot.
Chris
> On 24 Mar 15, at 19:41, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The first thing that caught my eye this morning was the contrasting
> stablemates in the corner of this hangar, a powered glider in front of a
> charter jet.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Stablemates+sm.jpg.html
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Stablemates+sm.jpg.html>
>
> Then a breeze from the past brought in a newly restored Aeronca 7AC from the
> late 1940s.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Aeronca+7AC+sm.jpg.html
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Aeronca+7AC+sm.jpg.html>
>
> Both courtesy of the Fuji X-E1 and the Fuji 18-55 kit lens
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