Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All the others competing for the Orteig prize from NY to Paris were not flying solo, and Lindbergh considered his solo flight in a far more streamlined, efficient and modern aircraft with a better power to weight ratio than the older and much less aerodynamic Vickers Vimy flown by Alcock and Brown, made more sense in terms of winning the prize, opted for solo status. I know he later proved to be an "isolationist", but going solo was not a necessary requisite for winning the prize :-) Lindbergh knew that the trip was very feasible, but Alcock and Brown, as the first fliers to ACTUALLY fly across the Atlantic ocean, were very much the true pioneers. Lindbergh while a brave man, just knew how to shout about it better, utilising the explosion of popular radio broadcasting in the 1920s, to a more receptive population, wrapped up in American exceptionalism. In May 2027, the fanfare about Lindbergh's flight centenary will probably have nothing about the earlier pioneering flight by Alcock and Brown, but such is life. Of course, in April 2028, the first East/West flight across the Atlantic by the "Bremen" will have its centenary. This almost forgotten achievement took off from the Irish Air Corps base at Baldonnel in Dublin and had to battle the prevailing winds to land on Greenly Island between Newfoundland and Labrador. It probably won't be remembered much either. Sixteen years later, my uncle took off from the same aerodrome and never returned. He was killed when he crashed his Miles M14 Magister into a tree about 7 miles away. His hero was James Fitzmaurice the co-pilot of the "Bremen" and an officer in the Irish Air Corps. Douglas who also took off from Baldonnel, but in a glider launched by car tow. On 07/08/2021 21:26, RicCarter via LUG wrote: > Lindbergh was first SOLO > > ric > > > >> On Aug 7, 2021, at 4:06 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >> >> I had no idea that Lindbergh?s flight was a fake ;-) Just like Columbus?s >> ?discovery? of America, 500 years after the Vikings had been there. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> >> YNWA >> >> "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 5 Aug 2021, at 21:58, 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 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information