Saturday, 2 September 2017

Emirates Air Line crosses the River Thames between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks

Fly over the Thames and glide down it with a combined 
Emirates Air Line.
 
 London's newest public attraction, the Emirates Aviation Experience, is the first of its kind globally. Located next to the Emirates Air Line Greenwich Peninsula terminal. It was opened 28June 2012 in time for games. Architects Wilkinson Eyre delivered the scheme's conceptual design including the three helix towers which support the main 1.1km long steel cable. 


 






















 

















 
Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see …
— Charles A. Lindbergh,

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