Vimy Aircraft Project

In July 2005 the Vimy Atlantic team recreated the first direct crossing of the Atlantic by the British team of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown in June 1919.

Our mission was to recreate the flight and bring to life the impact this flight had on the peoples on both sides of the Atlantic. This and subsequent Vimy flights demonstrated that the airplane, considered a tool of war, had a tremendous civilian application.

Alcock and Brown's flight happened when a spirit for adventure and incredible skill combined to accomplish a truly heroic act. Today, significant pioneering and invention often happens at the far reaches of science and at the molecular level; invention appears out of reach to today's students.

The Vickers Vimy replica that flew across the Atlantic has become almost as famous as its original ancestors, whose feats also include the first London to Australia flight in 1919 and the first London to Cape Town flight in 1920.

See our Vimy Atlantic Flight Site for More Information!