First Aerial Flight from England - 100 Years Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps First Aerial Flight from England - 100 Years 12th November - 1919 - 10th December VH-QQW Fokker 70 Alliance Airlines 2019- In 1919 the Australian government offered a prize of £A10,000 for the first Australians in a British aircraft to fly from Great Britain to Australia. The Macpherson Smith brothers won the race with a modified Vickers Vimy bomber in late 1919. Image © Tony Haynes (ADL) Tags Commemoration Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps
