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The E-Learning Curve Blog's Other Podcast
Michael Hanley is the author of the popular E-Learning Curve Blog and E-Learning Curve Podcast. This is E-Learning Curve's Other Podcast; it's about subjects that interest Michael that are not elearning-related (but are probably educational). Topics include aviation, anthropology, architecture, archeology, and more.
Duration: 8:08 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 128 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
Transatlantic: the Flying Boats of Foynes, Part 3
Part 3: The Glamour of Air Travel
On the 4th of July 1937 the Pan Am Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper inaugurated the U.S. leg of the transatlantic route with Foynes as the fulcrum of the New York - Lisbon flight.
In Part 3 of Transatlantic: The Flying Boats of Foynes, Chief Radio Operator Frank Buckley describes the sight of Captain Harold Gray's Pan Am Clipper arriving in Foynes for the first time.
We get a sense of the glamour and the whiff of danger for passengers undertaking the still-difficult journey from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other. We tell the story of the invention of Irish Coffee.
Click here to view the transcript of this podcast (PDF, 30K).
DownloadKeywords: e-learning curve blog, ireland, irish, foynes, flying boat, Boeing B-314, pan am clipper, captain harold gray, golden age of aviation, history, BOAC, Irish Coffee
