Photographs of England - Australia flight [PRG 18/7] • Photograph

Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Vickers Vimy and crew being approached by well wishers at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy surrounded by well wishers at Surabaya

Vickers Vimy surrounded by well wishers at Surabaya

Vickers Vimy surrounded by well wishers at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7-8/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Vickers Vimy surrounded by well wishers at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7-8/12/1919.

Ross and Keith Smith and James Bennett the Vickers Vimy

Ross and Keith Smith and James Bennett the Vickers Vimy

Ross and Keith Smith (centre) and James Bennett (right, behind wing), posing with the Vickers Vimy at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Digging out the Vickers Vimy, Surabaya

Digging out the Vickers Vimy, Surabaya

Digging out the Vickers Vimy utilizing bamboo matting track, at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Digging out the Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Digging out the Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Digging out the Vickers Vimy utilizing bamboo matting track, at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Digging out the Vimy at Surabaya

Digging out the Vimy at Surabaya

Digging out the Vickers Vimy utilizing bamboo matting track at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Towing the Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Towing the Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Natives towing the Vickers Vimy along bamboo matting track at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Bamboo matting runway at Surabaya

Bamboo matting runway at Surabaya

Aerial photograph of bamboo matting runway at Surabaya, Indonesia, 8/12/1919.

Native onlookers at Bima

Native onlookers at Bima

Native onlookers at Bima, Indonesia, 8-9/12/1919.

Ross Smith at Bima

Ross Smith at Bima

Ross Smith at Bima, Indonesia, drinking milk from a coconut.

Keith Smith at Bima

Keith Smith at Bima

Keith Smith at Bima, Indonesia, drinking milk from a coconut.

View of Port Darwin from Vickers Vimy

View of Port Darwin from Vickers Vimy

View of Port Darwin from the Vickers Vimy, just before landing 10/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin 10/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin 10/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin

Crowds gathered to view the Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin 10/12/1919.

Ross Smith at Darwin

Ross Smith at Darwin

Ross Smith standing by the Vickers Vimy after landing at Darwin, 10/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy crew carried shoulder high by the Darwin crowd

Vickers Vimy crew carried shoulder high by the Darwin crowd

Ross and Keith Smith, James Bennett and Walter Shiers being carried shoulder high by the Darwin crowd, 10/12/1919.

Photograph of painting of Vickers Vimy and crowd.

Photograph of painting of Vickers Vimy and crowd.

Photograph of a painting of a crowd gathered to view the Vickers Vimy at Darwin.

Ross Smith, Bennett and Shiers at Cobbs Creek

Ross Smith, Bennett and Shiers at Cobbs Creek

Ross Smith, James Bennett and Walter Shiers at Cobbs Creek, Northern Territory, 14-17/12/1919.

Ross and Keith Smith with Bennett at Cobbs Creek

Ross and Keith Smith with Bennett at Cobbs Creek

Ross and Keith Smith with James Bennett, standing by the Vickers Vimy at Cobbs Creek, Northern Territory, 14-17/12/1919..

Ross and Keith Smith with Bennett at Cobbs Creek

Ross and Keith Smith with Bennett at Cobbs Creek

Ross and Keith Smith and James Bennett at Cobbs Creek, Northern Territory, having a meal break and stop after one of the propellors of the Vickers Vimy cracked, 14-17/12/1919.

Ross and Keith Smith with Walter Shiers at Cobbs Creek

Ross and Keith Smith with Walter Shiers at Cobbs Creek

Ross and Keith Smith with Walter Shiers enjoying a meal break by the Vickers Vimy at Cobbs Creek, Northern Territory, 14-17/12/1919. Caption from Ross Smith's book '14,000 miles through the air': Our camp while mending the broken propeller in the Northern Territory of Australia. From right to left - Captain Sir Ross Smith, Sergeant W.H. Shiers, Sir Keith Smith. Photograph by J.M. Bennett.

Vickers Vimy and crew at Charleville

Vickers Vimy and crew at Charleville

View of the Vickers Vimy and crew resupplying and repairing the aircraft at Charleville, Queensland, January 1920.

Vickers Vimy and crew at Charleville

Vickers Vimy and crew at Charleville

Sir Keith filling the Vickers Vimy with Shell Aviation spirit at Charleville, Queensland, January 1920. Her tanks held 520 gallons.

Vickers Vimy departing Charleville

Vickers Vimy departing Charleville

View of the Vickers Vimy departing Charleville, Queensland, January 1920.

First appearance of Vickers Vimy over Sydney Heads

First appearance of Vickers Vimy over Sydney Heads

First appearance of the Vickers Vimy flying over Sydney Heads, 14/2/1920. Written on front of photograph: 'To Sir Ross Smith with compliments from L.G. Anderson, AIF'.

Andrew and Jessie Smith awaiting the arrival of their sons

Andrew and Jessie Smith awaiting the arrival of their sons

Andrew and Jessie Smith, with General Cox, awaiting the arrival of their sons.

Andrew and Jessie Smith awaiting the arrival of their sons

Andrew and Jessie Smith awaiting the arrival of their sons

Andrew and Jessie Smith, with General Cox, awaiting the arrival of their sons.

Andrew and Jessie Smith awaiting the arrival of their sons

Andrew and Jessie Smith awaiting the arrival of their sons

Andrew and Jessie Smith awaiting the arrival of their sons in Sydney, New South Wales.