Vickers Vimy WW1 Bomber ..... First across the Atlantic.

[fredjackamikoons]

I love the Vimy. It just missed WW1, but I'd sure love to see Wingnut Wings come out with a 1/32nd scale model.

[GUSSTASS]

there's one in Adelaide South Australia

[MisterWolfu]

It's like Handley Page father

[OrCkHaNtheGrEaT]

what is the name of the music?

[mollyisagooddog]

@OrCkHaNtheGrEaT It is Ludwig Van Beethoven: Romance For Violin And Orchestra No. 2

[marjis3]

viihde.foorumi.eu

[B1Studios]

Objection to the description. They crash-landed, not "Landed" That's why Lindberg got most of the credit for it.

[mollyisagooddog]

@B1Studios Agreed ....... they crash landed.

[B1Studios]

@mollyisagooddog Yeah, in a bog in Ireland, right? But It still was Trans-Atlantic.

[mollyisagooddog]

@B1Studios Yeah, in a peat bog. Brave men. Thanks for the comments.

[B1Studios]

@mollyisagooddog Welcome! :D

[tzski1]

@B1Studios They simply nosed-over BECAUSE their landing spot was a bog. Lindberg got most credit because most Americans are myopic and unaware of history beyond their borders... Very amusing that Lindberg's grandson "re-created" the flight in a 200+mph aircraft with redundant GPS, ground control, etc. Poor Brits never got their due for this historic flight.

[sudaev]

@tzski1 - WTF are you on about? I bet you anything that most Brits don't know who these guys are, either.

[McLarenMercedes]

@B1Studios

Lindbergh got credit for the first SOLO crossing of the Atlantic in 1927.

Alcock and Brown crossed the Atlantic non-stop with the Vickers Vimy in 1919. That is a fact.

Sadly most people don't realize that a solo flight in such slow planes was quite the feat. Lindbergh's flight took 33hours and 30 minutes. Yes, that meant Lindbergh had to be awake and flying ALL that time. No co-pilot.

[B1Studios]

@McLarenMercedes I understand that. I heard that he hit the water once. That must've woken him up. XD

[DelTangBrav]

@McLarenMercedes Alcock didn't have a co-pilot either - Brown was the navigator.! (but also assisted crawling out onto wings to clear ice and clear air intakes etc,) They didn't have to stay awake as long though because even though about 8 years earlier they flew the Atlantic in less than half the time it took Lindbergh.

[JBofBrisbane]

This particular replica is painted up not as Alcock and Brown's aircraft, but that of Ross and Keith Smith that flew from England to Australia in thirty days that same year. The registration G-EAOU was said to stand for "God 'Elp All Of Us!"

[freeman8128]

Thank you & all honour to you Grandfather.

The open cockpit, wood & canvas contraption I inspected in the Science Museum puts to shame the Jet engines & pressurised cabins of my 'cold war' 'heavy bomber' times.

There were mighty, tough & brave airmen in those days.

[EsuDalyvis]

Here i come, laddies!!!!!!!

[soundslave]

0:19 that's the Top Gear airfield.

[ind347]

I saw this aircraft come in and land at RAAF Point Cook (Second oldest operational airbase in the world) in around 93 - 94?

It was escorter by the RAAF museums Fokker DR1 tripane and Sopwith Pup. A sight to probable never see again.

It actually has a patch of canvas from the orriginal Vimmy sewn in to the cockpit area.

A stunning aircraft from an amazing period.

Thanks for posting this.

[GSPatton89]

@MrBEB123 I agree they need another Thatcher.

[CharmingLordSausage]

What was the bomb capacity on the Vimy?

[PortCharmers]

"God 'elp all of us!" was the nickname of this particular one, wasn't it? (yes I know this is a replica, the original G-EAOU is in Australia)

[MrBEB123]

I like British Technology but I do not like British Liberal Politics especially Britain's membership in the Communistic European Union.

[McLarenMercedes]

@MrBEB123

Yeah right, because the communists in Europe are the ones that most OPPOSE the idea of the EU, and hate its very idea of free trade across borders. Whereas the conservative parties around Europe were the ones most FOR the EU, both as an economic and military power.

Does the Euro sound like a communist idea to you? More money for the rich. Some communism.

Communish European Union? You're either a troll or a total fool. My guess is troll.

[sgtredbluered]

Do you have a longer version of this video?

[Aquaslasher]

Awesome machine.

Where do the bombs drop from?

[mollyisagooddog]

@Aquaslasher I believe they were arranged upright like bottles of milk in a crate from which the bombs were jettisoned when a wire was pulled to release them.

[Aquaslasher]

@mollyisagooddog Thank you for the response to my question.

[mollyisagooddog]

@Aquaslasher Bombs were carried in the centre of the fuselage.

[sgtredbluered]

What is music?

[sgtredbluered]

@sgtredbluered It is Ludwig Van Beethoven: Romance For Violin And Orchestra No. 2

[CharmingLordSausage]

How much ordinace could the Vimy carry?

[christianperez2008]

does somebody if theres any hollywood movie of this adventure please tell me

[mollyisagooddog]

YESTERDAY WE WERE IN AMERICA is a drama documentary chronicling the remarkable achievement of Jack Alcock and Arthur Brown. It tells the story of unlikely pair of heroes, a navigator and a pilot, who met just six weeks before the flight during a chance encounter. Sharing a love of flying, they formed a bond of friendship that was tested to its limits during their perilous journey.

The film will be ready for broadcast in June 2009, to mark the 90th anniversary of Alcock and Browns flight.

[nevilleanimusic]

I made two models of this aircraft when I was in hospital as a kid. Of course, that war had only been over 50 years then ...

[massefeect18]

didnt theyd rop bombs from hand back then

[mollyisagooddog]

Yep they did. I believe they carried rifles and pistols and started taking pot shots at any enemy aircraft that came near. Can't have been a nice experience at being on the receiving end. Thank's for the comment.

[massefeect18]

np, i flew planes in iraq.. i cant even imagine how hard it was not to hit friendlys compared to the technology now.. not even imaginable.. now we have lasers that ground units carry to mark enemys and than i come at shoot them lol.. it's crazy. i heard that 1 hit from the rifle.. the plane goes down

[chrisward12345]

Great Video, Thanks for uploading

[mollyisagooddog]

Thank you for that. Musn't forget where it all started.