Vickers Vimy G-EAOU 1994 3 of 4

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Alan Erskine wrote:
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Is that flyable?



Absolutely!!

This replica Vimy had already flown from the UK.

This particular flight that commemorates the Brothers Capt. Ross Smith
and Lt Keith Smith's flight from England to Australia was accomplished
between 12 November and 10 December 1919.

In 1969, a Vimy replica was built by the Vintage Aircraft Flying
Association at Brooklands (this aircraft is now displayed at the RAF
Museum, Hendon, London).A second flyable Vimy replica was built in 1994
by an Australian/American team led by Lang Kidby and Peter McMillan and
this aircraft successfully recreated the three great pioneering Vimy
flights: England to Australia flown by Lang Kidby and Peter McMillan (in
1994),

Is it the same Vimy that Steve Fossett flew across the Atlantic? The attached
photos are of that replica visiting Ottawa in June 2005.
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