Lockheed Constellation - "Columbine III", Eisenhower's presidential airplane, 1955 |
Ike flies to Geneva, 1953 The Constellation's a proud bird, propellers (like the nation that made it) thrashing the wind into screaming submission. Below, continents, oceans continue in statesman-like passage, nations wait to be heard a few hours from now -- (better sleep while I can) © Jon Bohrn (2002) |
Vasco da Gama's resolve (1522) I imagined myself forgiven, allowed to follow the tradewinds to their home, south by south-west. March nibbles the air, I will live again when the fleet, having set boisterous sails will have bound its return. © Jon Bohrn (2002)Ga·ma (gàme, gäme), Vasco da 1460?-1524 Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. The first European to sail to India (1497-1498), he opened the rich lands of the East to Portuguese trade and colonization. |