Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's interesting. When I was a kid, they were much better known than they are today and were thought of as real heroes. The background to the article in the link shows what it did to their undercart! <https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/alcock-and-brown-those-magnificent-men-who-landed-their-flying-machine-in-a-galway-bog-1.3909415> Peter On 05/08/2021 22:09, Jim Nichols wrote: > I don't think Alcock and Brown ever got the recognition they deserved.? > Thanks for remembering them. > > On 8/5/21 2:58 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> Just back from a week down in Connemara in the west of Ireland. >> >> Here's a shot I took down there. It's a sort of homage to Herbert >> List's 1937 photograph. >> >> A honeysuckle slip in a bottle beside the outdoor eating area of >> Baid?n restaurant in Clifden, Co. Galway overlooking the Atlantic. The >> Alcock & Brown 1919 landing site for the very first non-stop >> transatlantic flight is about 4km from this bottle. They flew >> eastwards across the ocean in a Vickers Vimy and saw what they thought >> was a verdant green landing strip beside the Marconi radio station. >> Unfortunately, it was a bog.? Luckily they weren't hurt. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Honeysuckle+in+bottle.jpg.html >> >> >> Can be seen larger. Sony A7 and 55/1.8 Sonnar. >> >> Douglas >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig