Capt. Ross Smith and his brother Lt. Keith Smith flew a biplane named The Vimey in a race from England to Australia in 1919. Lang Kidby of Australia and Peter McMillan of the United States follow the route of the original race in a replica of the Vimey named the Vimey II.
"Capt. Ross Smith and his brother Lt. Keith Smith flew a biplane named The Vimey in a race from England to Australia in 1919. Lang Kidby of Australia and Peter McMillan of the United States follow the route of the original race in a replica of the Vimey named the Vimey II."@en
"Two men, Peter McMillan and Lang Kidby, resurrect and rebuild a 1919 World War I era Vickers Vimy biplane and set out to recreate a journey from England to Australia that showed the feasibility of long distance air travel."@en
"This video documents the recreation of the 1919 flight from England to Australia that proved that long distance flight was possible."@en
"Flying a Vimy biplane from England to Australia was a bold adventure in 1919, but it turns out it was just as exciting in 1994. Follow Peter McMillan and Lang Kidby as they re-create the Ross [sic. Smith] brothers' historic journey. Using the original blueprints, their team reassembled an exact replica of the Vickers Vimy. Visit the Great Pyramids, the Taj Mahal, and the lush rain forests of the South Pacific. Including documentary footage of the first voyage and first-rate aerial photography of the reenactment."
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