Alliance Airlines, flying the width and breadth of Australasia, proudly commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the arrival of the first aerial flight from England at Port Darwin's Fannie Bay Aerodrome on December 10th 1919.
THE GREAT AIR RACE HAD BEEN WON!!!
CAPTAIN ROSS MACPHERSON SMITH and LIEUTENANT KEITH MACPHERSON SMITH quipped the registration of their winning Vickers Vimy aircraft - G-EAOU - stood for "God 'Elp All Of Us".
Smiths' fellow crew members, mechanics SERGEANT WALTER HENRY SHIERS and SERGEANT JAMES MALLETT BENNETT, are 2019 Australian Aviation Hall of Fame inductees. aahof.com.au
Alliance Airlines salutes the heroic efforts of the crew and the outstanding technical abilities and determination of Bennett and Shiers that not only enabled the completion of The Great Air Race, but the winning of it.
The preserved aircraft is on public display at Adelaide Airport.
GOD 'ELP ALL OF US.
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