[Leica] IMG: Lindbergh who?

[Don Dory]

Landing in a bog can be hazardous to your undercarriage.

On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 3:34 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> 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 Baidín
> 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
>
>
>
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