Nice report. Very Nathan. <g> Don't'cha just love the ladies who love shiny
parts? <wink>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn. (AOPA) is holding its last regional
> fly-in of the year this weekend at our airport, hosted by the Beechcraft
> Heritage Museum. For the early arrivals, they put on a Barnstormers Party
> tonight, complete with live music from, where else, Nashville. I
> introduced myself to one of the musicians, who uses the stage name, Jimmy
> Nichols.
>
> After a nice day for the rapidly-arriving airplanes, heavy rain moved in
> as the crowd was arriving, so things got off to a slow start. Standing at
> the entrance of the large museum hangar, I could see everything from Cubs
> to a DC-3 to a business jet, parked in the wet grass.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+1.tif.html
>
> I wandered around, looking at the few planes that were left in the corners
> as the hangar was emptied to set up tables, and found an early Staggerwing
> bearing the colors of barnstormer Roscoe Turner, along with a decal
> depicting Gilmore, the young lion, that he carried with him until it got
> too large to handle.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+2.tif.html
>
> The food was very tasty and plentiful.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+3.tif.html
>
> As the rain let up, the crowd increased rapidly.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+4.tif.html
>
> Live musicians from Nashville, some of whom are pilots, entertained the
> crowd.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+5.tif.html
>
> This attractive young lady was using her cell phone to photograph the
> radial engine that was on display, commenting that she was fascinated by
> intricate shiny parts. I asked her to pose with the engine, and she
> willingly obliged.
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AOPA+6.tif.html
>
> All with the X-E1 and 27mm, at ISOs from 400 to 1000. The mixture of
> lighting made color balance a pain.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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