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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: 6:16 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 128 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
Transatlantic: The Flying Boats of Foynes, Part 4
- Part 4: The Gathering Clouds of War
It's 1939.
In Ireland, the town of Foynes in County Limerick becomes a boomtown because of its airport, and a tourist attraction because of the flying boats. The ground staff of Pan Am and BOAC become part of the community, and the various Irish, British, and American communities live, work and play together.
But in Europe, events leading to the greatest conflict of the 20th Century are beginning to move apace as Fascism rises in Europe. Autocratic single-party regimes in Germany and Italy become dictatorships. As their military might grows, their leaders lay their plans against the nations of the West...
Click here to view the transcript of this podcast (PDF, 26K).
DownloadKeywords: michael hanley, e-learning curve blog, ireland, irish, foynes, flying boat, Boeing B-314, pan am clipper, BOAC, seaplane, history, world war 2,
