Originally Posted by
cattletruck
I'm guessing it wouldn't need much of an executive salary cut to house the Vickers Vimy at the entrance of Adelaide airport for the general public to question it's significance in aviation history, it really isn't that big - or are the wrong people in the current job.
I think I disagree with you, but I'm still unsure of what you're saying. It was the first plane, if I understand correctly, to fly from England to Australia, and that seems to be of great significance to me. If you have a different take on what those 4 guys did in the Vimy, I'd be happy to hear it.
Interestingly in the play "the ship that never was" about the Frederick escape, the ship stolen from Sarah Island, Tasmania, and sailed to Chile in 1834 (think about that), they state that one of the convicts was the grandfather of Wally Shiers who was on the Vimy. Yes I know it's a different spelling.