27-03-2021, 07:55 AM
There's no fool like an old fool!
Most people would think that I'm old enough now not to take everything at face value but to question everything.
My first mistake was with the Marconi Wireless Site map. The aerial system was not as wide as the map suggests because the outer rows of points described as masts were not masts at all. They were anchor points for guy wires supporting the inner rows of masts.
My second mistake was to accept the map location described as the landing site of Alcock and Brown's aircraft. It was probably a good vantage point from which to witness the landing and it was also a nice place to site a monument but that was as far as it goes.
Peter
Most people would think that I'm old enough now not to take everything at face value but to question everything.
My first mistake was with the Marconi Wireless Site map. The aerial system was not as wide as the map suggests because the outer rows of points described as masts were not masts at all. They were anchor points for guy wires supporting the inner rows of masts.
My second mistake was to accept the map location described as the landing site of Alcock and Brown's aircraft. It was probably a good vantage point from which to witness the landing and it was also a nice place to site a monument but that was as far as it goes.
Peter
