Tag Archives: Flying

100 years ago Aviators Alcock and Brown made their pioneering trans-Atlantic flight

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Today, millions of people cross the Atlantic every year thanks to commercial air travel, but it’s easy to forget that it had never been done less than a century ago. Glasgow born Arthur Brown was shot down over Germany during … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, WW1 | Tagged Arthur Brown, Atlantic, Aviation, Churchill, Flying, John Alcock, Planes, WW1 | 10 Comments

Living the high life

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

I’m writing this blog from sunny Dubrovnik in Croatia. For those who haven’t heard of these places, you may know it better as Kings Landing in Westeros. It’s hard taking summer holidays when you’re a tour guide which us why … Continue reading →