Friday Just for Fun

I was going to delete the previous post but it more or less summarizes (again) my feelings of the Hyatt in Columbus OH. I can get a good connection in the break room at work so that is where I am posting from right now. I kind of feel like a gypsy scrounging a connection where ever I can.

On Tuesday in Wichita KS I when across town to the Learjet factory where they had a Lear 31 mounted on some posts. It looked really good. But then the Lear just has that cool look to it anywhere it sets or passes. I have a bunch of time in a Lear 31 and it was a really fun ride even though you felt as though you were at the tip of a missile.

Seeing the Lear mounted reminded me of an experience I had with an employer of mine in Elkhart Indiana back in the day. He owned a Lear 23 (the first model of Lear) from the 60's and was getting a little long in the tooth. He had asked me what I thought he should do with it. I told him to offer the airport (city) to mount it on a stand in the terminal round-about. Figuring it would be a tax right-off for him and the aircraft was only worth what he could get for the engines which was about 200K. He got mad at me! Go figure.

Anyhow I had to get some pix of this 31 and do something with it. I had my Canon G9 at 9mm, f/4 @ 1/500 second , ISO 100. I think the ND filter was turned on also but don't hold me to that.

Hope you all have a great weekend and I'll see you Monday... Doug