[Leica] IMG: Lindbergh who?

[Douglas Barry]

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 
>> 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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