Jun 28, 2023
RMS Olympic departs New York harbour on her first eastbound Transatlantic crossing.
"The pioneering aviator Sir Thomas Sopwith, attempts to drop a package onto the deck of the ship from his Howard-Wright biplane. The parcel contained glasses for a passenger. Pictured here turning for his second attempt, the first one aborted due to windy conditions, the parcel was released, only to miss and fall into the sea."
Painted by Barry Spicer
Date: June 28, 1911
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