Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ke kiʻi Alcock a me Brown kiʻi kaulana mai kona home ma Heathrow Academy i Clifden ma Co. Galway ma ka Pōʻalua 7 Mei 2019 e hōʻailona i ka kenekulia o ka lele transatlantic nonstop mua mai ʻAmelika Hema a ʻEulopa.
Ua kauoha ʻia ke kiʻi pōhaku lime e ke Aupuni Pelekāne a ua hoʻolālā ʻia a kālai ʻia e ka mea pena kiʻi ʻo William McMillen. Ua wehe ʻia ma Heathrow i ka makahiki 1954. Hōʻike ke kiʻi i nā mea hoʻokele i ʻaʻahu ʻia i nā lole aviator, me nā pāpale a me nā maka aniani. ʻO ke kaumaha o ke kiʻi he 1 tona a he 11 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe a aneane 4 kapuaʻi ka laula. Ua kauoha kūikawā ʻia kahi pahu lawe kaʻa e lawe pono i ke kiʻi i ʻIlelani.
Ua kipa aku ka ʻelele nui o ʻIlelani i ke Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Adrian O'Neill i ka Heathrow Academy ma ka Poalua 7 o Mei i ka hola 9 o ke kakahiaka e makemake i ke kiʻi e hele palekana i ʻIlelani. E hōʻike ʻia ke kiʻi ma Abbeyglen Castle Hotel ma Clifden, Co. Galway no ʻewalu mau pule e hiki mai ana i ka piha ʻana o ka makahiki kenekulia i hāʻule ma ka 15th Iune 2019.
ʻIlikai - He hoʻokūkū leka uila o kēlā me kēia lā
I ʻApelila 1913 ua hāʻawi aku ka Daily Mail i kahi makana o £ 10,000 i “ka mea lele e holo mua i ka ʻAkelanika ma kahi mokulele e lele ana mai kahi kikoʻī o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻAmelika, Kanada a me Newfoundland hoʻi i kēlā me kēia wahi ma Great Britain a ʻIlani paha i 72 mau hola. ” Ua kāpae ʻia ka hoʻokūkū me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua ma 1914 akā ua wehe hou ʻia ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻia ʻana o Armistice ma 1918.
Ua haʻalele ʻo John Alcock lāua ʻo Arthur Brown mai Newfoundland, Kanada ma ka lā 14th o Iune 1919 i kahi World Vickers Vimy First World War i hoʻololi ʻia a lele akula ma ka ʻĀkau ʻAkelanika ʻAkau i loko o 15 mau hola wale nō 57 mau minuke, ka pae ʻana o ka moku ma Derrygimlagh Bog, kokoke i ke kahua o Marconi kaulana kahua lekiō ma Connemara.
Ua loaʻa i ka Daily Mail nā mea nūpepa āpau ma kahakai o ʻIlalani a me Palani e kali ana i ka lele i uka akā ua hoʻomake ʻia e kahi mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Galway.
Hoʻomau ka hoʻomau ʻana i nā hoʻolauleʻa - The Centenary Festival ma Connemara
ʻO kahi hoʻolauleʻa hoʻomanaʻo, e holo ana mai 11th - 16th June 2019 ma Clifden, kahi lālani maikaʻi e hoʻolauleʻa ai i nā koa mokulele. E komo pū nā hanana i kahi hana hou o ka pae ʻana o 1919 ma Derrigimlagh, e lawe ana i ka ʻāpana mōʻaukala i ke ola.
ʻO ka premiere o kahi pepa kiʻi Alcock & Brown, e hōʻike nei i kahi pili pili kokoke iā Kāpena Alcock, ʻo Tony Alcock MBE, e hōʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka hoʻolauleʻa. Ke holo nei ka hōʻike hōʻikeʻike Alcock & Brown ma loko o ka hoʻolauleʻa, a e hāʻawi i nā mea kipa i kahi manawa kūpono e ʻike ai i nā ʻāpana o ka mokulele e kū nei.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tony Alcock, ke keiki a ke keiki a John Alcock: "I kēia kenekulia makahiki, he mea kūpono loa ke neʻe ʻana i ke kiʻi i Clifden, ʻoiai ʻo kēia kaona kahi ʻāpana o ka moʻolelo transatlantic. Eia kekahi, he mau ʻohana ka poʻe o Clifden i hui me Alcock lāua ʻo Brown ma ka lā 15 Iune 1919 a ʻo ka lele he wahi nui ia o ka moʻolelo o ke kaona. Ke kakali nei wau i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kiʻi i kona wahi kauahi hou ke komo wau i ka hauʻoli cntenary ma Clifden i Iune. "
E hāʻawi nā mea mōʻaukala kūloko a me nā archaeologists i nā huakaʻi alakaʻi o ia wahi. E hoʻokipa ana nā kiʻi moʻokalaleo e like me Tony Curtis, Brendan Lynch a me kekahi poʻe ʻē aʻe i nā heluhelu ʻana i nā mele a me nā kūkākūkā ʻana, ʻoiai e ʻike ana kekahi mau seminars i ka moʻolelo ʻo Alcock & Brown a me nā ʻano like ʻole o ka lele.
Ke hoʻouka nei ʻo Waterford Crystal i kahi kope liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o ka Vickers Vimy biplane e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka kenekulia. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā kikoʻī kumu o ka mokulele, hana ʻia e 51 ʻāpana ʻāpana i hana lima ʻia a lilo i mau hola 160 e hoʻopau. E wehe ʻia ke kiʻi a me ka mokulele replica ma kahi hoʻokipa champagne ma The Abbeyglen Castle Hotel ma ka Pōʻakolu 15 Mei 2019 ma 6.30pm.