Ginga

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Mar 13, 2018
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Hi all,

As a young lad I remember seeing the Alcock & Brown statue at Manchester airport, I also used to walk to school through Southern Cemetery and would often stop and take a poignant look at the headstone to Sir John Alcock, I didn't realise until I read the very good piece on the bbc news site that their actual crossing of the Atlantic was a hundred years ago today and so this prompted me to start this thread into why Manchester and its airport have no official memorial/celebration of these two pioneering Manchester aviators?
I find it quite saddening that there isn't much recognition of there achievement.
 
They have! There is a sculpture located at the junction of the Skylink close to the station where the routes split off towards T1 and T2 (upper level where the shops are). The sculpture was originally located in one of the terminals but was relocated when that space was remodelled some years ago.
 
If I remember rightly it used to be located on the walk into the old spectators terrace access up to pier A but was relocated when Olympic house came along and they took away the viewing platform in the late 80's. Also if it was the same statue, it was a pretty poor effort. I might be wrong in my memory of it though as some years have passed since I last saw it!
 

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