There and Back dedicated to Aviation, Airmanship and the Craft of Flying - by Owen Zupp & Robert Brus

In 1919 the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes announced the now famous ‘AIR RACE’. A prize of £10,000 was to be awarded for the first machine to fly from London to Australia in 30 days or less. Taking up the challenge, Ross Smith applied to the British company Vickers to supply a Vickers Vimy bomber [...]

Yesterday I had cause to visit sunny Adelaide, the South Australian capital. In my wanderings, I was able to visit the preserved aircraft of Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith. In 1919, they undertook the epic flight from England to Australia, winning a highly publicised air race in the process. The aircraft is a re-fitted [...]