The following photographs were taken on Aug. 21 at Travis AFB in 
Fairfield, California. They are of the Vickers Vimy, a flying replica of 
a World War I biplane bomber, which will attempt to retrace the first 
England-to-Australia flight.

The Vimy was flown by a C-5 Galaxy to RAF Mildenhall, England, on Aug. 
22, and the Vimy will begin its flight on Sept. 11 and fly more than 
12,000 to Darwin, Australia, which should take about 30 days.

The image quality is high enough for reproduction, and permission is 
granted to reproduce these images in publications.  Photo credit must be 
"U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Dial"

paddy@solano.community.net (Patrick McKenna)