The spirit of adventure will be captured and immortalized in bronze at St. John’s International Airport next year.
The impressive history of aviation in Newfoundland will be on full display to visitors coming to the province next year
A century ago Alcock and Brown took off in their plane the Vickers Vimy, flew out over St. John’s, through the narrows and into history as the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
Minister @SeamusORegan, speaking about NL history, notes one particular name on the Alcock & Brown team. Larry Dohey himself. pic.twitter.com/xASVmQRwMn
— Andrew Hawthorn @ VOCM (@HawthornVOCM) September 5, 2019
A sculpture commemorating the achievement will be unveiled in 2020, thanks to $150-thousand from the Airport Authority and $225-thousand from the federal government.
It will be temporarily displayed in the main concourse of the airport, not far from Luben Boykov’s 9/11 monument, before moving to its final location.
Sculptor Morgan Macdonald apprenticed under Boykov and worked on that same monument, so he says having his own work join it at the airport is coming full circle.
Sculptor Morgan MacDonald unveils the planned statue, to be displayed at first in the concourse, not far from Luben Boykov's 9/11 monument.
MacDonald says he apprenticed under Boykov, working on that very statue. To have his work displayed nearby is coming full circle. pic.twitter.com/xx9glS6FA7
— Andrew Hawthorn @ VOCM (@HawthornVOCM) September 5, 2019
