Saturday, 19 January 2013

Friday 18th January 2013 ­1 GMT: Mindelo ­ St Vincent ­ Cape Verde Islands ­ Airships and Eagles

Another interesting feature is the Eagle Topped Monument commemorating the first Lisbon – Rio air crossing in 1922 by the aviators Cabral and Coutinho.  They spent many days recuperating in Mindelo after the leg from the Canaries in the airship Lusitania

No comments:

Post a Comment