Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes Jim, they certainly deserve to be remembered. That was one huge triumph of navigation on a very risky flight through fog at a low height. Apparently one of the propellers of the Vimy is now a ceiling fan in a Cork city restaurant. Next time I'm down there I'm going to sit under it, and take a photo. If you're interested, here's a link that looks their reception in Ireland at the time. All the photos were probably taken with plate cameras. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/alcock-and-brown-those-magnificent-men-who-landed-their-flying-machine-in-a-galway-bog-1.3909415 Douglas 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 >