Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA