Re: [OM] IMG: The American Airlines Flagship Detroit

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Bob.  But today's passengers want to cruise along at Mach .84 at 
41,000 feet, and reach from coast to coast.  The "Class" is gone, the 
"cattle car" is here!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/14/2016 10:23 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Sweet. Love those old birds. With apologies to Bob Seger (appropriately
> from Detroit): Today's airplanes ain't got the same soul.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:22 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > It’s a beautiful bird, Jim, thanks for sharing it.  It seems very easy for
> > you to be close to the aircraft etc . . . do you get a pass for the flight
> > line?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > > On 13 Jun 16, at 22:06, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > I looked at the scheduled flights for today and realized one of the
> > prime restored DC-3s in the country was coming in.  In keeping with its
> > age, I put a Leica Summaron 35/3.5 on the Fuji X-E1, a lens dating from
> > 1956, purchased from a former LUG contributor. Here are three images:
> > > Parking the DC-3
> > >
> > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html <
> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html>
> > > A front, quarter view
> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html
> > <
> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html
> > > And a full side view of the American Airlines Flagship Detroit
> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html
> > <
> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html
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