Connemara skies light up

IT was a festival that served as a fitting tribute to the memory of those famous flyers Alcock and Brown – and even the weather couldn’t dampen spirits as the crowds turned out for last weekend’s Connemara Air Show in Clifden.Spectators all over the county were able to join in the spectacle as the participating planes flew in formation across the western skies.But pride of place went to a replica Vickers Vimy biplane; an exact reproduction of the craft flown by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown when they made aviation history by flying nonstop across the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Derrygimla Bog in 1919.This time is was crewed by John Dodd and Clive Edwards, and they received a fantastic reception as they took to the skies over Clifden.Even more spectacular was...