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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: 6:37 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 128 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
Transatlantic: the Flying Boats of Foynes, Part 2
Part 2: Setting up operations in Foynes
It is 1936.
Frank Buckley, Chief Radio Operator at Foynes tells the story of how he joined the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). During the 1930s, the 1940s, postwar and until November 1950, BOAC operated scheduled flying boat services from Southampton to America via Foynes and Gander Lake, Newfoundland.The transatlantic flying boat service of the 1930s and 1940s was in development for years. Countries on both sides of the Atlantic had been devising plans to develop the route for commercial travel. BOAC and Pan American World Airways (PAA) had to work together closely to make this seemingly impossible goal a reality. By 1936, both airlines were ready to attempt the first proving flights. On July 5th, Captain Harold Gray and his crew prepared to depart Gander in the Pan Am Clipper III, the Cambria...
Click here to view the transcript of this podcast (PDF, 32K).
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
