Vickers Vimy Flight by Museum Volunteers on Top Gear Circuit Dunsfold 2008
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- The idea to build a replica Vickers Vimy sprung from the fertile mind of Peter McMillan. He along with Lang Kidby flew it from Brooklands to Australia in 1994. This short clip shows the first flight since 2005 which took place on the 19th March 2008 from near the Top Gear test site at Dunsfold. NOTE: If you enjoy the videos I produce please take a moment to 'like' and even better 'subscribe' to the channel, it helps us grow. Also remember the best index to my work (divided in subject playlist) can be found at www.andysvideo... including several more videos of the Vimy
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That take off was surprisingly fast, and the noise of the two engines is superb.
using two 600 hp engines (500 hp cruise) in stead of the original 300 hp engines will do that
For the people that don't know. This plane is immortalized in star wars. The sounds from this plane are what gave the Republic Gunships its iconic sound in Episode 2 & 3, spinoffs and games.
It also for used geonioasn fighters
Incredible to think that 100 years ago two crazy dudes flew one of these things from England to Australia
Also first aircraft to fly the Atlantic Ocean non stop
Alcock and brown?
@@benwilson6145 Didn't Charles Lindbergh cross the Atlantic by air first in the Sprit of St. Louis?
@@wsbill14224 No first was Alcock and Brown in 1919, Lindberg was 1927
@@benwilson6145 Now I understand the distinction. Lindbergh was the first to cross the Atlantic by air non-stop.
Raw footage, no comments, no dramas, no soundtrack, just dat sound of the engines! Great!!
Where poss that is what I try to do on my channel. There are exception like when there is wind noise or the sound of the Drone's engines and then I try to play some suitable music at a subdued level
Why do growling engines, or humming, or whining, so excite us? I've wondered since 1971 when Barry Newman rocketed across the west in his Dodge muscle car, in Vanishing Point. Like this fine video, the thundering engine was the star of the soundtrack. Why do engine sounds excite????????
Thank you for the post without having some background music soundtrack.
+Chris Langston I try not too, but sometimes (usually when things go wrong) a conversation in the background, wind-noise, a vibrating camera mount, etc. it is the only way to make the footage Viewable.
I agree. Far too often I see very interesting footage accompanied by lousy music. It's great to hear the engine roar.
Haha - I went to ‘add a public reply’ to compliment you not only on the wonderful and indeed moving display, but also on the fact it was all music-free ... and what was the first comment I saw?
My city (Adelaide, South Australia) house's the actual Vimy (GEAOU) that compieted the first flight from England to Australia it is stored in a purpose built hanger at our airport.
Some additional information on that flight;
The Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Fund commemorates the achievements of two distinguished South Australian pioneer aviators - Captain Sir Ross Smith K.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C., and his brother Lieutenant Sir Keith Smith K.B.E.
In 1919 the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes announced the now famous 'AIR RACE'. A prize of £10,000 was to be awarded for the first machine to fly from London to Australia in 30 days or less. Taking up the challenge, Ross Smith applied to the British company Vickers to supply a Vickers Vimy bomber for the race, and the Smith brothers flew their way into Australian folklore.
Landing in Darwin on December 10th, 1919, the Smith brothers and their two mechanics, Sergeant W.H. Shiers A.F.M. and Sergeant J.M. Bennett A.F.M., M.S.M., completed the flight from Hounslow in 27 days and 20 hours. The brothers received a cheque for 10,000 which they insisted on sharing equally with their two mechanics. They also each received a knighthood for the achievement.
www.smithfund.org.au/sir_ross_and_sir_keith_smith
Registration G-EAOU was said by the crew to mean god elp all of us.
Take it out and fly it.
This replica flew over my father's farm, just an awesome experience to witness, especially as my grandfather fought at Vimy Ridge. May he live forever.
Just built a model of this aircraft i found in an unmarked box from when my uncle passed. Just remember, a " field" in ireland may be a peat bog. Lol!
Fair point about fields
Seen with today's eyes, it's amazing that it could lift off at all. It's like some kind of farm machinery.
True dat. Takes courage to fly that at all, much less into battle...
To think it was one of these old clunkers that first crossed the atlantic. What an impressive feat.
It was a brand-new clunker, then! You can see part of the landing gear in the Aviation Museum at Gander International Airport in Newfoundland; it was dropped over St. John's harbour to save weight and reduce drag when Alcock and Brown made that historic flight in 1919. There are streets in Gander named for both airmen.
I love how a lot of the old planes had the bell cranks and all the cables right out there where they could be easily serviced.
One of these flew over my head when I was living in Sydney in th 90's!
There is only one and so it must be this one you saw when it did the flight from England to Australia. See more about the aircraft at www.andysvideo.com/#vimy
Looks like a sweet flying plane. So nice to see this huge antique design take to the air in such a graceful way. Keep the originals in the museums and fly the snot out of the replicas.
投稿感謝！！！ビカースビミーが飛んでる動画を始めて見ました。
I stumbled into this project in Marin County, CA in 1994, and was invited to a party held in the hangar at Hamilton Field, where they were conducting the final test flights prior to shipment. I was fortunate to be able to photograph the airplane and see it fly that evening. I believe it was powered by BMW engines at that time. Fascinating piece of workmanship.
Thanks for making contact Brian and yes that was the second trip when it flew from England to South Africa with BMW engines. In case you don't know you will find many more Videos on this amazing aircraft at www.andysvideo.com
Definitely most awesome!! Thank you guys for bringing this to us and thank all the volunteers and all for making this possible!!
beautiful airplane. a treat to see fly.
What a joy it must be to fly this beautiful replica. Thank you so much.
Hi it's great to see Vimy fly. I remember seeing one at the Adelaide Airport in its own specially built hanger, she held the record for the flight from London to Australia really enjoyed watching and hearing the sound of the engines thank you. Regards John Kinnane Tasmania Australia
That is the real Smith brothers aircraft. GEAOU
I saw this replica aircraft in Newfoundland Canada flown by Steve Fosset and Mark Rebholt (sp?) when they recreated the first (1919) non stop trans Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland. One of several great historic aviation stories involving Newfoundland.
If you don't know there is a Playlist dedicated to the Vimy flights I have been involved with (plus a lot more) at www.andysvideo.com/#vimy
Absolutely incredible.
G'day,
Thanks for posting this.
I once spent a couple of days in 1994, camping at the Inglewood Airstrip in Southern-Inland Queensland, Aerotowing Rogallo Hang-Gliders with a 3-Axis Ultralight, and one of the other "Attendees" at the informal & unofficial & "unauthorised" (Annual) Fly-In was Richard Sweetapple, the Propeller-Carver who crafted those 4-Bladed Handmade Rotating-Aerofoil Dynamic-Sculptures (in Laminated Tasmanian-Oak) which gave the Vimy it's Thrust...
On the grounds that I'd flown behind 2 Propellers which I'd designed & built, he offered me an Apprenticeship ; but because I had 2 Kids & a Custody-Case both afoot, I couldnae move out of my locale to take him up on it...
Dig into my "Personal Aeroplanology" Playlist to see more of Aerotowing Rogallos, at Inglewood.
;-p
Ciao !
Wow, thanks for keeping that plane alive so we all can revisit that point in time. Great!
You will find a playlist of all my Vimy footage at www.andysvideo.com/
What a smooth engine sound, I find it amazing.
Modern engines unfortunately. Only logical way to go l guess.
Keep those old birds flying! We are learning just as much from them now as we ever were!
I saw this Aeroplane fly overhead one day about 20 years ago, I thought I was Hallucinating
It was great to see this fly replica again but some footage from the pilot's POV would have made the video even better. Something for the future perhaps? Thanks
Sorry to say no future I am afraid as the Aircraft is in the Museum these days. HOWEVER if you want to see the view from the front seat and how it got to Brooklands go to the Vimy Playlist on my main website at www.andysvideo.com/#vimy
Lumbering is a description. Hanging in the air. Majestic for sure
Did the originals have electric self-starters? I can't imagine how anyone could swing those props.
Good point I have no idea but will try and find out.
Remarkably small when compared to the hangars. My grandfather flew Camels with the RNAS in the War. I amazed at how courageous they were just to get in them.
Badass engine noise... can't believe that that thing crossed The Atlantic for the first time... great stuff!
The replica went as far as Australia from the UK on its first distance flight. You are right about the engines noise as sound was recorded and used for the engines of the Republic LAAT Gunship in Star Wars. Much more on the Vimy here www.andysvideo.com/#vimy
Such a beautiful plane
In a Vickers Vimy Alcock and Brown crossed the Atlantic from St. Johns, Canada, to Clifden Ireland. That was eight years before Lucky Lindy made his legendary solo flight from New York to Paris.
++Jolly Roger++ And the poor old yanks have been trying to outdo us ever since...
John Smith we do outdo you. Every day.
That is a treat to watch. A hard plane to fly well, I imagine. And a sitting duck for AA and enemy fighters. Still it must have scared the hell out of enemy soldiers and civilians on the ground since it was so large for its time.
Tonight! Richard holds a fire extinguisher, James fiddles the yolk, and I eat a sandwich!
Thanks for the posting. Now that is a beautiful thing!
Marvelous!
What a beast, excellent footage too.
Quite the formidable flying machine.
I would dearly love to see that flying, the sound of the engines is like music.
There is little chance it will ever fly again, but you can hear it being fired up from time to time at Brooklands Museum aviation days (check with the website for dates). If you are aware there is a lot more on the Vimy (it has its own playlist) and other Brooklands items at www.andysvideo.com
"Surely something like this must be at least somewhat dangerous?"
"Well yes, but we all have to die eventually, every last one of us.. So if you did it in something like this, would it really be that bad?"
"Good point, let's go flying!"
WOW! SIMPLY AMAZING!
Love the landing shot, will done that man!
Amazing that it still flies. Great video.
+hackneysaregreat It is a modern replica, not a real 1919 aeroplane.
Of course before the Australia flight Captains John Alcock,and Arthur Whitten Brown, were the first people to cross the Atlantic non stop from Newfoundland to Ireland also in a Vimy.
This is an awesome aircraft!
Der Doppeldecker ist das Klassische 🛩️ Ever.
Congrats on a beautiful flight.
The one in the London Science Museum is the one which did the first non stop transatlantic flight in 1919 piloted by Alcock and Brown. Ross and Keith Smith's example is now in Australia.
if i owned something this beautiful id fly it more than once every 3 years
Nice work
Seem pretty fast for her time,a very beautiful aircraft
Many people don't realise that a Vickers Vimy was the first aeroplane to fly the Atlantic non-stop, before Lindbergh
@@edgarbeat275 Well Ireland and America are on opposite sides of the Atlantic, or so I've been told.
Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
That old gal has some power!
It took real guts to fly that plane then and now
What an incredible machine......ironic that it danced among the clouds yet brought Hell on earth to the German Army.....
WOW!!! This is a real "spooky" plane.... amazing it flies!
she flew quite well. first i laughed but then was awed.
So you should be. I know it is a replica bit it flew from England to Australia, England to South Africa and finally reenacted the 1919 USA to ireland flight of Alcock and Brown. If you have time search look at my Vimy playlist at czcams.com/play/PLQrMOH5G0hbLV6wV6PHFUtB0e4ssuyGfx.html and you will find a video I filmed from inside the aircraft.
A Vimy was first across the Atlantic!
and our one recreated that Trip some 90 years later, as well as flying to South Africa and Australia
Amazing in several ways!
A century of aviation!!
Very nice 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Anyone here mention yet that Alcock and Brown flew a Vickers Vimy on the first transatlantic flight in 1919?
It has been mentioned Paul and if you go to the Vimy Playlist at www.andysvideo.com you will see this Vimy returning after re-enacting that same flight across the Atlantic.
So what was its lap time?
We know it went straight to sub arctic on the cool wall...
This is the replica that was built by Lang Kidby in Australia to commemorate the the first flight by Ross and Keith Smith. The Vimy here in Australia located at the Adelaide airport is the "real deal" original Vimy that was flown by Ross and Keith Smith. I would like to know where the replica is!
Wonderful
Thank you
Incomparable pistón engine sound, natural of that plane .
Just 18 years separating the Vimy from the DC-3.
Beautiful 😍
I watched this plane land in Darwin in 1994. I was parked beside Amy Johnson Drive at the end of the runway.
Thank You for the post more fun watching these than WWll aircraft.
Naboo Royal Cruiser anyone?
I came just for that,Meta Nerdz Lore?
Red Star Line same
I don't get it
@@JustJohn505 A Vickers Vimy was used as the basis for the engine sounds of a few ships in the Star Wars prequels. czcams.com/video/5ogCVi0WqrQ/video.html
GREAT !!!
Just like they say at spacex " just read the instructions" !
the jtype diplomatic barge's sound was recorded from a flyby.
A replica Vimy flew over my house the other day, it was green on the underside
Incredible video. The closest I'll be able to fly one of these is MSFT Flight Sim.
I saw one in action over a small town in Crete in the Med. in '02. I will be lucky if I ever see another fly again. Beautiful aircraft.
--Rob USMC
In what year was this replica built It is truly a magnificent bucket of bolts How they flew one to Australia is beyond me 👍👍😆
Built in 1993 it came to the UK in 94. Having flown in it myself, I can tell you they were brave men! If you want to see more about the Vimy, there is a complete playlist of my videos about it at www.andysvideo.com/
I wonder what it's like to fly something like that ? But the acceleration on take off is a wonder to behold !
You will find a playlist of all my Vimy footage at www.andysvideo.com/
i only complain the modern panel inside the plane. This is wonderful anyway.. The most beautiful of the bomber.... The sound. simply amazing!. Love the low pass
I saw something like this fly out of Boeing field in Seattle about 2000-2001. Wish I knew what plane it was.
it is not out of the question that it was this aircraft Greg. It was built in the USA and returned there a couple of times between it's reacting the record breaking flights. I do not know myself what the actual years it was back in the USA, but I suspect sooner or later someone will pop up here and confirm or deny it was there then. In case you don't know you will find a complete playlist of my Vimy videos at www.andysvideo.com
I imagine that airplane would be a nightmare in a crosswind!
Yes by all accounts it could be a handful if it got too far round.
Those Chevy V-8 engines sound AWESOME in an aircraft.
No on board video… what a shame.
That was because this was a test flight and I was not allowed on BUT if you go to www.andysvideo.com/#vimy you can enjoy one with me in the front seat and one when it flow to Brooklands ready for myself and a few friends to dismantle it and move it into the museum.
impressive!
Hyper cool. 1st plane to traverse Atlantic, also.
+Finntastique Sorry, I meant John Alcock, not James. Also, one engine was on fire, not the engine, since the Vimy is a twin-engined aircraft.
I remember reading about this in National Geographic. Seems like they blew a piston over/near India on that long flight. Powered by two 454 Chevrolet big block V-8's.
I read the same article. The pilots had to eventually replace that blown engine.
It's difficult hard to imagine such a slow, peaceful machine dropping weapons of war. Perhaps because it is so incredibly fragile by today's standards, but it seems more suited to carrying a load of sightseers than a load of bombs.
In all fairness it was finished too late for the Great War and so never really did any bombing. It did however have a successful life as a transport aircraft both military and civilian and of course use record breaking flight. They were still in use up to 1938
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when i was working one saturday late 1980's
i was driving along the a406 in east london was the vimy thought i was seeing things when i got back to my car rental office my boss said i was white as a sheet i said i had just seen a plane that to my knowledge had not flown over the uk since 1919
Great story Keith but unless you have the dates wrong it was not this Vimy. The Brooklands Vimy arrived here in 1994 and certainly would have been seen flying around London. In case you don't know if you go to www.andysvideo.com and look at the Vimy Playlist you can see many of its flights that I filmed.
Amazing. Advanced technology when the 20th century was young.
Very impressive
always amazes me to think they went to war in those things. like seriously, it looks like the result of scrapyard challenge and with the original motors and a load of bombs it took a lot more runway to get airborn and pretty much full throttle to stay there. nuts (-:
It was the ultimate high tech back in it’s day. You’re looking at it with modern eyes. To the guys that actually flew these things in action, these planes were cutting edge and they couldn’t imagine anything better. By the end of WW1 the aircraft were getting pretty reliable. The engines were much better and they’d learnt how to build them so they didn’t fall to bits in the air.
I think it’s cool that Lucasfilm used this sound as the basis for the Republic Gunship sound effect in Attack of the Clones!
Nice video and as others mentioned it’s good to not have to listen to background music. However, it could be so much better with some basic narration describing the airplane.
_SWEET!_
nice repro that accounts for the modern avionics .
01:46 The time when safety was an unknown word....
Such a glorious beast....