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Spectators at Calcutta.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 28 November 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/27C

Crowd of spectators holding umbrellas to provide shade, gathered at a field in Calcutta, India, to view the arrival of the Vickers Vimy.

Aerial view of Calcutta.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 28 November 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/27D

Aerial view of Calcutta, India, taken from the Vickers Vimy before landing, showing a hawk's wing which became jammed on one of the engine bracing wires.

Spectators at Calcutta.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 28 November 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/27E

Spectators at a field in Calcutta, waiting under the shade of umbrellas for the arrival of the Vickers Vimy and crew.

Spectators at Calcutta.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 28 November 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/27F

Spectators at a field in Calcutta, waiting for the arrival of the Vickers Vimy and crew.

Ross and Keith Smith.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 28 November 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/28A

Ross and Keith Smith wearing Flying Corps uniforms and pith helmets, speaking with officials after landing in Calcutta, India.

Spectators at Calcutta.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 28 November 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/29A

Spectators gathered at a grandstand at a field in Calcutta, waiting for the arrival of the Vickers Vimy and crew.

Vickers Vimy and crew at hangar, Thailand.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1 December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/29B

View of the Vickers Vimy at Don Muang airport, Thailand, with an escort from the Siamese Flying Corps, and the Vickers Vimy crew meeting with officials in front.

Vickers Vimy and crew, Thailand.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1 December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/29C

View of the Vickers Vimy at Don Muang airport, Thailand with the crew and a group of officials standing nearby.

Vickers Vimy in a storm.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/29D

Photographic copy of a painting of the Vickers Vimy and crew flying through a storm, with view of cliffs below.

Vickers Vimy in flight.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/30A

Photographic copy of a painting of the Vickers Vimy flying in windy, stormy weather, with view of cliffs along the coast below.

Arrival at Burma.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 29 November 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/30B

View of the wing of the Vickers Vimy and spectators gathered in a field, possibly at Burma (Myanmar), to view the arrival of the Vickers Vimy and crew.

Boats on Singapore River.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 4 December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/30C

View of boats on Singapore River, with buildings in the background.

Arrival of Vickers Vimy at Burma.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 29 November 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/30D

View taken from the Vickers Vimy, showing the wing in the foreground, with spectators in the background, at a landing field, thought to be in Burma (Myanmar).

Spectators at Bima.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 9 December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/31A

A large crowd of local spectators gathered to view the arrival of the Vickers Vimy at Bima, Timor. Many had never seen an aeroplane until the Vimy arrived.

Filling water tanks.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/31B

One of the Vickers Vimy crew filling water tanks from a lake.

Bamboo runway.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 8 December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/31C

View of bamboo mats, laid out on the runway by locals to prevent the Vickers Vimy from sinking into the mud during take off, at Surabaya, Java.

Drinking from a coconut.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/31D

One of the Vickers Vimy crew drinking from a coconut, possibly in Indonesia.

Bamboo runway.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 8 December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/31E

Aerial view of bamboo mats, laid out on the runway by locals to prevent the Vickers Vimy from sinking into the mud during take off, at Surabaya, Java.

Drinking from a coconut.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/31F

One of the Vickers Vimy crew drinking from a coconut, in Timor.

Drinking from coconuts.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/31G

Three of the Vickers Vimy crew drinking from coconuts at Timor. Caption from Ross Smith's book '14,000 miles through the air': We drank success to the last stage of the flight in the vintage of Timor coconut milk.

Ross Smith with water tank.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/31H

Ross Smith carrying a tank of water on his head, possibly in Indonesia.

Vickers Vimy on bamboo runway.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 8 December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/31I

View of the Vickers Vimy at the end of a runway made from bamboo mats set up by locals at Surabaya, Java. Crew, officials, and spectators are gathered to watch the take off.

Keith Smith by a termite mound.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/32A

View of Keith Smith standing next to a large termite mound, possibly near Darwin, Norther Territory.

Termite mounds.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 8 December 1919, Photograph, PRG 18/9/1/32B

One of the members of the Vickers Vimy crew standing next to a car in the background, in a field of white-ant nests, near Darwin, Northern Territory. Caption from Ross Smith's '14,000 miles through the air': Typical "scrub country" over which we flew between Port Darwin and Anthony's Lagoon. The large cone-like mounds are white-ant nests.