[Leica] IMG: Lindbergh who?

[Peter Dzwig]

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
>>> 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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Dr. Peter Dzwig