Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops! looks like I posted the same piece. Sorry about that! Peter On 05/08/2021 23:17, Douglas Barry wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Dr. Peter Dzwig