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Daily Updates
Photo By Rick Radell
DAY 53 - Turweston to Dunsfold, England, via Grand Prix at Silverstone: Sunday, July 10, 2005: With some good timing and luck, our Vimy founder and Vimy builder, Peter McMillan and John LaNoue, midway from Turweston to Dunsfold, England, receive an invitation to fly past the Silverstone Grand Prix assembled multitudes at 500 feet, just seconds after a recently completed car race - at a stunning 60-65 mph - what a contrast. Off they flew to a stunned silence from the crowd below! Safely arriving at Dunsfold, plane and crew are met by Jenny Moseley, our effervescent irrepressible European support for all of the Vimy Triple Crown saga - 1994 to present, and John LaNoue's new wife, Brenda. So ends, for now, the final awesome third leg of the Vimy Triple Crown - days of trials, tribulations and trimuphs from San Francisco, California to Dunsfold, England Congratulations all - Vimy crew, support groups across American, Canada, Ireland and England, numerous sponsors, accommodating hosts and thousands upon thousands of appreciative fans - all eager to take part of and have an insight into, however brief or long, an important moment of mans climb to the stars.
DAY 52 - Irish Barley Corn Field to Turweston, England: Saturday, July 9, 2005: After a Friday evening steak and Guinness dinner with the very startled owner of the Irish barley corn field, midday Saturday, Peter and John lift off from their newly harvested runway, refuel at Waterford, “overfly” the tall ships and some hours later after stunningly beautiful flight across Wales, land successfully at Turweston in Western England – Whew! The adventure continues. Tomorrow, with good fortune, they are off to Dunsfold Aerodrome for a well-earned rest for the Vimy and crew.
DAY 51 - Clifden to Shannon to
'barley corn' field west of Waterford, Ireland: Friday, July 8, 2005: A morning weather window opens and Mark and Peter take to the air in the Vimy, to the cheers of hundreds of Clifden well wishers and fly one more farewell pass over Clifden and the Connemara golf course and then off to Shannon. After a rough 1 1/2 hour crossing they safely land at Shannon Airport to refuel Vimy. As fate would have it, the Shannon Airport fuel pump is broken until the Tuesday following – no fuel available! Undaunted, our intrepid adventurers carefully estimate the remaining Vimy fuel at 3 hours. With Waterford, Ireland reachable, south east of Shannon and with available fuel, Peter and John LaNoue, say their goodbyes to Mark and Patty Rebholz (who, after nearly 6 weeks on the road and for Mark, a very daunting and tough transatlantic crossing, prepare to depart to the United States), and leave for Waterford and hopefully on to England on Saturday morning. After leaving Shannon the weather quickly deteriorates to such a degree that half way to Waterford they become concerned with the risk of limited fuel reserves and head back to Shannon. Shortly thereafter the weather closed in even more with
a steadily lowering ceiling amid rolling hills, so Peter and John elect
to put the Vimy down safely, wherever they can, rather than risk life
and limb. CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS - UNBELIEVABLE CLICK TO SEE ROGER PIKE'S FULL PAGE THANK YOU IN THE TELEGRAM NEWSPAPER Stay tuned for the next chapter of the ever uncertain, miraculous adventures of the Vimy.
DAY 50 - Clifden, Ireland : Thursday, July 7, 2005: Peter McMillian arrives from California. Drizzle continues until midday when a weather window opened up and the crew quickly geared up for the short hop to Shannon from Connemara/Clifden. Immediately prior to departing, as the ironies of fate would have it, Mark and Peter received a call from air traffic control at Shannon, to stand down, since a major alert was declared in Shannon. An American Airlines jet had reported a cockpit fire and was making an emergency landing at Shannon Airport. Fortunately the American Airlines plane landed without incident. However, by the time the 'all clear' was declared, the Clifden weather had closed in once again. So ended this Thursday. Back to the pub!
DAY 49 - Clifden, Ireland : Wednesday, July 6, 2005: A cold, drizzly, cloudy day is spent by Vimy and crew awaiting a weather window to permit the Vimy to lift off the fairway at “Connemara” and on to Shannon, Ireland for refueling. Once fueled, Peter McMillan and John LaNoue will pilot her to England and have been invited to do a 'fly over' during the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, England - what fun!
DAY 48 - Clifden, Ireland : Tuesday, July 5, 2005: Steve Fossett departs for Shannon, Ireland and back to the US to prepare for his next adventure - gliding (how tame in comparison). Thank you Steve for all your help and good luck with your next record breaking quest. Click here for Irish Press Release
DAY 47 - Clifden, Ireland : Monday, July 4, 2005: USA Independence Day! More importantly to everyone's astonishment and excitement, John and Brenda announce John's proposal of marriage on Steve Fossett's plane midway between St. John's and Clifden. After a nanosecond pause, Brenda accepted. After the Vimy landing and during the celebrations, there erupted a spontaneous hue and cry for an instant marriage from the celebrants - two hours later, after a frantic procurement of dress for Brenda and suit for John, Captain Mark Rebholz performed the wedding ceremony in - where else - the Alcock and Brown Hotel. The ceremony also included Jenny Moseley as Maid of Honor, Steve Fossett as Best Man, Anton van Ginkel, South African student who travelled with the 1999 England to South Africa flight, Michael Oakey, the editor of Aeroplane Magazine and a multitude of impassioned Clifden Vimy fans. How fitting, how charming, how romantic and how appropriate that John LaNoue, builder, maintainer, pilot and, like his friend and Vimy partner Peter McMillan, the 'soul' of the Vimy Triple Crown since its inception in 1993, should wed his long time, ever supportive, ever patient partner Brenda, in Clifden, at the 'Alcock and Brown Hotel', after the successful completion of the third and final miraculous leg of the Vimy Triple Crown. Congratulations from Vimy supporters around the world!!
DAY 46 - Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean - Ireland : Sunday, July 3, 2005: It has been reported that the Vimy's speed has slowed down a bit. An expected arrival time is now 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. NFLD Time / 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ireland Time!! God speed Vimy - God speed! 5:04 p.m. Ireland Time: The Vimy safely landed at the Connemara Championship Golf Links hole 8A, as planned, and the engines were turned off after just over 18 hours of nonstop flying. What a triumph! More to come as reports come in! See the links below for information St. John's, Newfoundland (departure city), Clifden, Ireland (arrival city) and golf course where Vimy landed (Hole 8A)! City of St. John's ~ City of Clifden ~ Connemara Championship Golf Links
DAY 45 - St. John's, Newfoundland - DEPARTURE!: Saturday, July 2, 2005: The Vimy leaves St. John's for Clifden at 19:19 (7:19 p.m.)NFLD time (what a coincedence as that is the year Alcock and Brown made their nonstop Transatlantic flight!). With good tail winds helping them along it was reported that the Vimy was going about 120 miles / 100 knotts per hour. They may arrive sooner than expected! Click to read an accounting of the Vimy's departure by aviation enthusiast, Frank Penney. Stay tuned!
DAYS 41-44 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Tuesday - Friday, June 28 - July 1, 2005: Test flying, weather watching and lots of fingers crossing for a good weather pattern. Thank you to Oceans Ltd for all their assistance over the last couple of weeks tracking the upcoming weather patterns. Specific thank you to Judith Bobbitt, President, without whom we couldn't plan our flight across the Atlantic. Word just in from Newfoundland - the Vimy crew has scheduled a transatlantic departure for tomorrow, July 2, 2005 at 7 p.m. NFLD time - with an approximate arrival in Ireland at 4 or 5 p.m., Ireland time, on July 3, 2005. Stay tuned and fingers crossed!
DAY 40 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Monday, June 27, 2005: The Vimy was taken out for a test flight today. So far so good!
DAY 39 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Sunday, June 26, 2005:
DAY 38 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Saturday, June 25, 2005 - <<<<<<<FLIGHT DELAYED>>>>>>> 6:00 p.m. Nfld Time: Transatlantic flight is delayed due to a small part malfunctioning on the Vimy - until the part is shipped to Newfoundland from California. The next possible weather pattern looks to be toward the mid to end of next week. Stay tuned - Stay patient!
Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:00 p.m. Nfld Time- Confirmation came through from St. John's this morning that Steve Fossett and Mark Rebholz are scheduling a 7p.m. Newfoundland time departure from St. John's this evening. Press conference to begin at 5:00 p.m. Steve and Mark expect a +/- 18 hour flight to Ireland, with an expected arrival time of about 4pm Ireland time on Sunday, June 26, 2005.
DAY 37 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Friday, June 24, 2005 - The Newfoundland weather has finally opened up for a scheduled departure tomorrow, Saturday, June 25, 2005 at 7 p.m. Newfoundland time. Yippee!!!! Stay tuned!
DAY 36 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Thursday, June 23, 2005 - Trip planning at a fever pitch while targeting an emerging weather window mid Saturday but more likely Sunday AM departure. Steve Fossett and more Vimy support crew converging on St. Jon’s late Friday for Saturday departure. Irish Media Coordinator, Jenny Moseley, is in Clifden feverishly managing the converging press and media and working closely with Clifden city officials for celebratory welcome on fairway 8A of the impending Vimy arrival. (photo during Connemara Radio interview)
HISTORIC PHOTO and FASCINATING RESPONSES- CLICK FOR DETAILS!!!
DAY 35 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - United Airlines 747 'Pilot Extraordinaire', Kevin Mueller, long time associate of Mark Rebholz, has kindly volunteered his time and experience to assist Steve and Mark in their efforts to complete the Alcock & Brown Transatlantic reenactment. Kevin will travel to St. John's and Clifden to assist the Vimy project. An hour and a half shakedown flight around the greater St. John's flight was successfully undertaken today with Vimy St. John's coordinator, Roger Pike, at the controls for much of the flight. Roger is now an official backup Vimy pilot!!! - Harbour Grace look out! With a final weather check Thursday a.m. the Vimy Ireland departure is scheduled for midday Saturday. Stay tuned for Thursday update!
DAY 34 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - Winds of 38 MPH kept the doors of the Vimy hangar closed today, says Mark Rebholz. But - weather is looking good for a weekend departure!
DAY 33 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Monday, June 20, 2005 - More weather watching, trip planning and fine tuning of Vimy continues with the next possible launch date on Friday the 24th of June. Several test flights are planned for the next few days if the local weather holds - the sun actually came out today! National Geographic's website is up and running - please check it out.
DAY 32 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Sunday, June 19, 2005 - The Vimy crew is taking a well earned Father's Day break to enjoy the St. John's highlights and hospitality, together with its questionable weather. No sun tans for this group!
DAY 31 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Saturday, June 18, 2005 - The difficult and unusually unsettled North Atlantic weather conditions persist, with a possible weather window midweek. Failing this, the longer range predictions are for significant weather improvement beginning the week of June 26th. The Vimy crew continues with incantations and incense burning to the North Atlantic Weather Gods while polishing up the Vimy for its much awaited atlantic leap.
DAY 30 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Friday, June 17, 2005 - Potential departure date of Sunday, the 19th has been put off a few days - stay tuned.
DAY 29 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Thursday, June 16, 2005 - The crew is planning a test flight tomorrow, June 17th.
DAY 28 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - Steve Fossett flies to St. John's Newfoundland in preparation for a weekend departure on either Saturday, June 18th or Sunday, June 19th - being weather dependent of course. At 7:30 p.m., Mark Rebholz gave a talk, told fascinating stories and answered questions for an hour and a half in front of the Vimy this evening. As quoted by Martin Goebel, a Vimy enthusiast and supporter in St. John's, "Mark is a very entertaining speaker!" Martin - thank you for keeping us up to date back here in California!
DAY 27 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 86 years ago today, Alcock and Brown, in an original Vickers Vimy, departed St. John's, Newfoundland for the great unknown - across the Atlantic to Ireland! What a day it must have been - surpassed only by the arrival in Clifden the following day. Thank you to Alcock and Brown for taking the chance at making history! Well done!
DAY 26 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Monday, June 13, 2005 - Thousands of people are still visiting the Vimy as it makes its final preparations for the Transatlantic flight. Close weather watching is happening to ensure the best possible day for flying across the Atlantic!
DAY 25 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Sunday, June 12, 2005 - More maintenance, rest and preparation! Steve Fossett is keeping a close eye on the upcoming weather patterns in hopes of being able to depart next weekend. Stay tuned.
DAY 24 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Saturday, June 11, 2005 - The crew did maintenance on the Vimy, interviews with the Media and some rest and relaxation. The Vimy was on display and several thousand people came by to see it. Sunday will be more rest, background work and preparation for the Transatlantic flight.
DAY 23 - St. John's, Newfoundland: Friday, June 10, 2005 - The Vimy rests in St. John's in preparation for the final leg of the Vimy Triple Crown (England to Australia 1919/1994 - England to South Africa 1920 / 1999 - Newfoundland to Ireland 1919 / 2005). Please see our Media Coverage page for new articles. Additionally - more detail has been added for the week in Toronto. See Days 8 - 14 below. |
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DID YOU KNOW....St. John's, Newfoundland is the oldest city in North America?DID YOU KNOW.... Newfoundland joined Canada as its tenth province at midnight on Mar. 31, 1949? |
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| DAY 22 - Quebec City to St. John's,
Newfoundland: Thursday, June 9, 2005 - The Vimy departs Quebec City, Quebec for St. John's Newfoundland. St. John's Airport, near Torbay, was built in 1941. At that time, Newfoundland was not a part of Canada. With the outbreak of war in September 1939, Canada became concerned with the defence of Newfoundland and wartime assistance to Britain. Anti-submarine squadrons were based here. After the war, Canada retained ownership of Torbay Airport. The airport is nine and a half kilometres northwest of St. John's on the Avalon Peninsula, and five kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean. The following was sent by a Newfoundlander as the Vimy approached St. John's. It was near 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
June 9, 2005 as I drove along Water Street, the oldest street in North
America's oldest city. As I glance skyward, I see the silver wings
of the Vimy, as the craft and its crew cut through the airspace above
St. John's Harbour. In the distance there's the arc of a magnificant
rainbow in all its glorious colours, as if the sky was extending
a welcome to a place steeped in history, the city of many firsts,
the City of Legends,......... your home away from home. DAY 21 - Ottawa, Ontario to Quebec City:
Wednesday, June 8, 2005 (the following update is from Ken Swartz of Toronto Aerospace Museum who was so helpful in Toronto and now beyond!) 12:00 p.m. EST - The Vimy was ferried from Ottawa's Rockcliffe Airport to Gatineau Airport, in the rain! The short trip from Rockcliffe to Gatineau was made
so the aircraft could take on more fuel for the next leg of its journey.
(Runway 27/60 at Rockcliffe is only 3300 ft long; Runway 27/60 at Gatineau
is 6000 ft) 2:45 p.m. EST - The Vimy, piloted by Mark Rebholz and John LaNoue (both of the Vimy's England to South Africa flight of 1999), took off from Gatineau airport after being pumped up with 1449 litres of fuel. (Thank you again Mike Potter for your generous donation of fuel!) The Vimy took off in the rain and was expected to try to make it to Quebec City, Quebec, about a 5 hour flight. If weather conditions worsened, Mark Rebholz said he would probably make a few short hops across eastern Canada to reach St. John's rather than attempting a single non-stop flight.
DAY 20 - Ottawa, Ontario: Tuesday, June 7, 2005 Lots of good work and maintenance is getting completed while we have a couple extras days in Ottawa. The plan is still to leave on Thursday, June 9th, in the morning.
DAY 19 - Ottawa, Ontario: Monday, June 6, 2005 Due to poor weather conditions, the Vimy is now scheduled to leave Ottawa in the morning of Thursday, June 9th. An earlier departure is possible, if weather permits.
DAY 17 & 18- Ottawa, Ontario: Saturday and Sunday, June 4 & 5, 2005 Installation of cowlings and maintanence is continuing on the Vimy. (more to come)
DAY 16 - Ottawa, Ontario: Friday, June 3, 2005 John LaNoue and crew are continuing to complete installation of the cowlings and all is going well without any major gliches. The crew is now estimating a Monday, June 6th departure, however there is a possibility of bad weather on Monday - so it may be a Tuesday or Wednesday departure. After being at the Canada Aviation Museum for a day or two, Steve Fossett commented that it is a world class facility! Rockcliffe aerodrome was opened on vacant land near
a military gun range beside the Ottawa River in the fall of 1920.
It became the first combined landplane and seaplane base for Civil
Government Air Operations, and then RCAF base in 1924. Today, the airport
is operated by the Ottawa Flying Club.
DAY 15 - Ottawa, Ontario: Thursday, June 2, 2005 8:15 a.m. NFLD time - Radio interview with Mark and Steve on CBC's Morning Radio Show in Newfoundland. John LaNoue arrived from California today and immediately began working with Sebastien Arsenault and Ken Smyth installing the new cowlings over the engines.
Upcoming Ottawa information and plans.... *Steve Fossett and Mark Rebholz are planning an 1,100 mile nonstop, 12-13 hour flight from Ottawa to St. John's as a rigorous disciplined preparatory flight for the forthcoming TRANSATLANTIC. As in the original flight in 1919, Steve and Mark will only be using traditional instrumentation; compass, sextant and drift meter - no GPS for these guys! They are planning a full fuel load as it was kindly and personally sponsored by Mike Potter who is based at the Gatineau Airport for which, because of longer runways, will be the departure point fro St. John's. Mike is an avid Alcock and Brown fan and has a collection of Vimy memorabilia at his Gatineau hangar. Until the night prior to departure, the Vimy and crew will be based at the Canada Aviation Museum with the much appreciated support of Chris Terry, Mark Ducharme and the capable and helpful staff.
DAY 14 - Toronto to Ottawa, Ontario: Wednesday, June 1, 2005 As the sun rose, the weather was perfect– clear skies, warm temperatures
and hardly any wind.
8:30 a.m. EDT - Live broadcast from the airport on Canada's CBC Morning Show 9:00 a.m. EDT - Press briefing in front of the Vimy with Steve Fossett and Mark Rebholz. The live CBC TV team did several interviews at Downsview during the morning and the Vimy takeoff was broadcast live across Canada.
DAY 13 - Toronto, Ontario: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - The Orenda engines had their final inspection and passed with flying colors! The engines are ready to go! CBC TV sent another camera crew to the Bombardier factory to interview Mark Rebholtz, and follow him through the process of inspecting the aircraft and running the engines. Cameras have been mounted on to the Vimy to create archival video on National Geographic's website. In the evening, Mark gathered with museum volunteers coordinating the departure event, pilots from the Great War Flying Museum, the pilot and cameraman of the local CTV news helicopter, and well known local aviation photographer Rick Radell.
Tomorrow the Vimy will be in a flying formation of World War I airplanes from Brampton's Great War Flying Museum.
DAY 12 - Toronto, Ontario: Monday, May 30, 2005 - Tomorrow Steve Fossett arrives in preparation for Wednesday morning's departure to Ottawa, Ontario. Volunteers pushed the Vimy out of the Toronto Aerospace Museum hangar at 2:00 p.m. and the aircraft taxied a kilometre south to the site of the large Bombardier Aerospace factory at Downsview Airport where more than 2,000 people are employed building Q Series Dash 8 airliners and Global Series business jets. ( www.aero.bombardier.com ) When the Vimy taxied in, it was “mobbed” by hundreds of employees just going off shift.. Overnight storage was in a hangar used to paint airliners.
DAY 11 - Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, May 29, 2005 - The Vimy continues to be on static display at the Toronto Downsview Airport. Almost 2,000 people came through the on the second day of the open house, including several of Toronto’s senior aviation pioneers.
DAY 10 - Toronto, Ontario: Saturday, May 28, 2005 - All is going well in Toronto. The May 28-29 weekend is when heritage sites around Toronto take part in the “Doors Open Toronto” open house.
DAY 9 - Toronto, Ontario: Friday, May 27, 2005 - An article by reporter Chris Wattie appeared in the Toronto section of the National Post, Page A14, today. We are awaiting a legible copy to post to our website. The Vimy attracted 140 people to the museum, the highest individual attendance ever for a weekday. Mark completed his detailed inspection of the rear fuselage of their aircraft. Cameras will be mounted to the Vimy this weekend so that we (hopefully) will be able to have live video feeds from the Transatlantic flight coming in to the National Geographic site.
DAY 8 - Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 26, 2005 - There was a photo of the Vimy arriving in Toronto and blurb of the upcoming flight in the Toronto Star. See article. Thank you Cynthia Long for sending me the article! The Downsview Park is in the geographic centre of the Greater Toronto Area, where 5.2 million people live. It’s the fourth largest population centre in North America, after Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.
The Vimy and crew plan to be in Toronto until Tuesday, May 31st, when they will leave for Ottawa, Ontario. DAY 7 - Toronto, Ontario: Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 10:30 CST - Mark Rebholz and Dan Downs left Oshkosh, WI heading to London, Ontario to go thru Customs. After 6 hours of flying, the Vimy arrived in London with no notice except to immigration. Jeff Owen of Diamond Aircraft took Mark and Dan out to a fabulous 5 star meal at the airport restaurant and bought a chart that Mark needed. Jeff - thank you so much! 6:40 p.m. EST - Mark Rebholz called to say they were thru customs in London, Ontario and expecting a sunset arrival in Toronto. 'Torontonians' - keep your eyes and ears open - the Vimy is coming to town! 7:15 p.m. EST - The Vimy departed London, Ontario en route to Toronto Downsview Airport. 8:40 p.m. EST – The Vimy arrived
over Downsview Airport
in north Toronto at sunset and was greeted by a large crowd from the
media and the Toronto Aerospace
Museum. The aircraft made a couple of low level passes for the cameras. Photo Gallery of the Vimy arriving at sunset! Thank you for the wonderful welcoming reception! Toronto Aerospace Museum News Release
DAY 6 - Oshkosh, Wisconsin: Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 5:00 a.m. CST- With news of a storm coming in to Salina, Mark Rebholz and Will Klein, pilot and volunteer with the Global Flyer project, left Salina early in the morning to keep ahead of the storm. After 8 hours of flying and pilot Will Klein never relinquishing the controls, Will, Mark and the Vimy landed safely in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the first time in 5 years. Mark commented on what a great job Will did piloting the Vimy. THANK YOU WILL! (Read Will's first hand experience of flying the Vimy) Article in the Salina Journal came out today. Mark Rebholz and pilot Dan Downs plan on leaving Oshkosh tomorrow morning and heading for Toronto for a few days.
DAY 5 - Salina, Kansas: Monday, May 23, 2005 - The Vimy will be in Salina for a couple of days for maintenance and down time for the pilots. The Vimy is parked in the hangar next to Steve Fossett's record breaking Global Flyer. See photo gallery for pictures. More photo's from Salina, Kansas will be posted to the photo gallery in a few days, and their will be an article by Mike Strand from the local newspaper, Salina Journal. DAY 4 - Salina, Kansas: Sunday, May 22, 2005, 5:45 a.m. PDT - Steve and Mark head back into the sky from Lake Havasu, AZ for 12 hours of flying to Salina, KS with a short 2 hour fuel stop in Dalhart, Texas. A long day - but a good distance was covered as each leg brings the Vimy closer to its destiny - the re-creation of the 1919 Alcock and Brown Transatlantic flight from St. John's Newfoundland. The Vimy is expected to stay in Salina for a couple of days - and then continue on the next leg of its journey to Oshkosh, WI, home of the EAA.
DAY 3 - Lake Havasu, Arizona: Saturday, May 21, 2005 - While doing maintenance work on the Vimy, Ron Rounds and Bob McClory of EAA Chapter 681 joined the crew and gave a tremendous amount of assistance. All the work got done thanks to their help. Thank you so much Ron and Bob! The Vimy hopes to continue its journey tomorrow on its way to Salina, Kansas.
DAY 2 - Lake Havasu, Arizona: Friday, May 20, 2005 - The Vimy has a lay over in Lake Havasu and is joined by members from local EAA Chapter 681, London Bridge. Article printed in the Contra Costa Times after the surprise landing at Concord airport on May 19th. DAY 1 - Concord, CA - Lake Havasu, Arizona:
Thursday, May 19, 2005, 8:03 a.m., PDT - The Vimy took off from its home base Gnoss Field in Novato, California this morning, on the first leg of its journey to St John's, Newfoundland, the take-off point for the Transatlantic crossing. 9:00 a.m., PDT - The Vimy has to land in Concord, CA with visibility problems due to weather . The Vimy touches down in the middle of a B-17 anniversary celebration! See Contra Costa Times newspaper for article and interviews! Fun was had by all! 1:00 p.m., PDT - Pilot's Steve and Mark are off again and make it to Lake Havasu, AZ. Newspapers arrived - interviews given. See Lake Havasu newspaper for more information. Vimy Press ReleaseThe Vimy plans to continue the journey from Lake Havasu on Saturday morning and head towards Kansas. Arrival in to Newfoundland is scheduled for the end the month to prepare for the challenging transatlantic flight between the 2nd and 3rd week of June. Pilot Steve Fossett will fly the wood and canvas plane at a speed of only 75 miles per hour, a far cry from the speed and conditions in which he recently attained his world record for circumnavigation of the globe in the jet-powered Virgin Global Flyer, while true to the original flight, Co-Pilot/Navigator Mark Rebholz, will navigate the Atlantic crossing guided only by a sextant and compass - instruments available to Alcock and Brown in 1919. |
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