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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Working Aircraft
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:18:15 +0100
Thanks, Jim.  It’s kind of you to say so.  

I haven’t flown for a few weeks, owing to a cold and now a sore leg, but I hope 
to do so next week and to find myself next to someone similar :-)

Chris

> On 11 Jul 2015, at 16:03, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for looking, Chris.  Yes, it is a T33, made in Canada.  Chris Rounds 
> flies airshow gigs when he can get them.  He has a sacrificial T33 for spare 
> parts.
> 
> I enjoyed looking through the gallery that you linked.  You have some great 
> shots in there, including my favorite, with the smiling student in the right 
> seat.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 7/11/2015 1:59 AM, ChrisB wrote:
>> I like the T33, Jim (I hope that I have that right).  I live not far from 
>> Old Warden airfield, where the Shuttleworth Collection of old and ancient 
>> aircraft is kept and flown.  I might try to set myself the task of 
>> photographing each member of the collection.
>> 
>> They had the Vulcan flying at their airshow last weekend.  I wasn’t 
>> expecting to see it while visiting a friend in a nearby village, but the 
>> huge aircraft came over the cricket pitch at about 300ft.  My camera was in 
>> my bag and I didn’t get it out in time, but I think that you can imagine the 
>> sight: cricketers in white on the green field, surrounded with houses and 
>> tall trees and this large green triangle appearing over the trees in the 
>> distance, from the south.
>> 
>> I’m not keen on the Vulcan: it’s a waste of energy and I hated the idea of 
>> flying the blimmin’ thing, a rubbish job during the Cold War.  But this 
>> sight was stirring!
>> 
>> Here’s a shot of the machine over another local airfield, Little Gransden, 
>> where I act as part of the Safety Committee, from 2013:
>> 
>> http://www.images.threeshoes.biz/Airplanes/Flying/i-MxpjTKB/A
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>>> On 10 Jul 2015, at 20:33, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I made a brief stop at the airport this morning and found, among others, 
>>> two aircraft that earn their keep by working with their owners.  The Red 
>>> Knight airshow performer is being prepared for a job in Texas.
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Red+Knight.tif.html 
>>> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Red+Knight.tif.html> 
>>> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Red+Knight.tif.html 
>>> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Red+Knight.tif.html>>
>>> 
>>> I spotted this Cessna Skyhawk II on the ramp and recognized the tracking 
>>> antennae from photos in Nature Conservancy magazines.  I researched the 
>>> aircraft and found it belongs to Copperhead Environmental Consulting, of 
>>> Paint Lick, KY.  I don't know their plans locally, but they have been 
>>> tracking endangered bats that have been fitted with tracking transmitters, 
>>> and also have been doing census counts of raptors.
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Copperhead.tif.html 
>>> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Copperhead.tif.html> 
>>> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Copperhead.tif.html 
>>> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Copperhead.tif.html>>
>>> 
>>> Both with the X-E1 and 27mm Pancake
> 
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