Sweet ride....
https://australianaviation.com.au/20...w-darwin-base/ALLIANCE TO CELEBRATE 1919 GREAT AIR RACE WINNERS WITH SPECIAL LIVERY ON FOKKER 70
Meanwhile, Alliance Airlines said it would paint a Fokker 70 due to be delivered to Australia in December with a special livery that features the winners of the 1919 Great Air Race.
The aircraft, VH-NUY, will honour pilots Ross and Keith Smith, along with mechanics Sergeants Walter Shiers and James Bennett, who won the competition in their Vickers Vimy G-EAOU.
The aircraft took off from Hounslow aerodrome in West London on November 12 1919 and landed a Fannie Bay in the Northern Territory 29 days later. Countries they flew through before reaching Australia included France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Singapore and Indonesia before reaching Australia.
Alliance Airlines said VH-NUY would recreate the route from London to Darwin, aiming to touch down exactly 100 years to the minute at 1540hrs on 10th December 2019.
The livery was designed by Netherlands-based Lila Design.
An artist’s impression of the Alliance Airlines Fokker 70 paying tribute to the 1919 Great Air Race winners. (Alliance Airlines)