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2019 Airco DH9 G-EAQM Centenary of First England to Australia Flight $1 PNC

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2019 Airco DH9 G-EAQM Centenary of First England to Australia Flight $1 PNC

In 1919 the Australian government offered a prize of £A10,000 for the first Australians in a British aircraft to fly from Great Britain to Australia. Of the six entries that started the race, the winners were pilot Ross Smith, his brother Keith Smith as co-pilot, and mechanics James Bennett and Wally Shiers, in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber.
$29.00
2019 Airco DH9 G-EAQM Centenary of First England to Australia Flight $1 PNC
$29.00

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In 1919 the Australian government offered a prize of £A10,000 for the first Australians in a British aircraft to fly from Great Britain to Australia. Of the six entries that started the race, the winners were pilot Ross Smith, his brother Keith Smith as co-pilot, and mechanics James Bennett and Wally Shiers, in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber.