[Magdalen] Gonzalo Passes Newfoundland.

[James Oppenheimer]

One thing about progress that has made a difference is the view from the
air.  I noticed recently when flying that we were so high that you couldn't
make out very much.  Back in the day, the planes were a bit slower, and you
could look out the windows and see a lot more.  I don't think you could see
kids waving to you, but we were a lot lower.  I remember flying in a DC-3
once when I missed my regular place and got an alternate on a plane that
flew from one little airport to the next, to the next.  Foliage would be
easily appreciated then, as would Christmas lighting.

We get there faster, safer, flying more smoothly, but the experience has
lost its charm.

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
>
> I see that this hurricane/(sub)tropical storm just grazed the far eastern
> tip of Newfoundland,
> Canada on the Avalon Peninsula which is where most of the population is
> located in the
> Capital City of Saint John's.  It's now going into Britain and then on  to
> the continent.
>
> A race with 350 runners continued on yesterday despite the winds.   Tough
> people those
> Newfoundlanders.
>
> I've always wanted to visit this island which is where the Appalachian
> Mountains finally wind
> down, and which extends so far east that it is closer to London than a lot
> of the rest of
> Canada.  The island has its own time zone yet!
>
> It's a shame that the Newfoundland railway extending east to west until
> about 20 years ago
> is gone.  I'll bet that was a gorgeous way to see the island.
>
> And then there is Labrador.  I'm old enough to have been in the era  when
> jet airplanes
> would refuel in places like Goose Bay, Labrador, Bangor, Maine, and going
> east,
> at Shannon, Ireland.  This time of the year to fly in over the  Tamarack
> forests
> around Goose Bay was gorgeous.
>
> I notice there has been some expression of interest locally in
> Newfoundland
> now that the local hockey team is playing St. John's "way up there in
> Canada".
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>