"TacAN" wrote Absolutely!!

This replica Vimy had already flown from the UK.

This particular flight that commemorates the Brothers Capt. Ross Smith
and Lt Keith Smith's flight from England to Australia was accomplished
between 12 November and 10 December 1919.

In 1969, a Vimy replica was built by the Vintage Aircraft Flying
Association at Brooklands (this aircraft is now displayed at the RAF
Museum, Hendon, London).A second flyable Vimy replica was built in 1994
by an Australian/American team led by Lang Kidby and Peter McMillan and
this aircraft successfully recreated the three great pioneering Vimy
flights: England to Australia flown by Lang Kidby and Peter McMillan (in
1994),

There was one at OSH a few years back, and it was impressive. The only
thing was that it looked like it was going so slow that it would fall out of
the air! g

It had a bit of history, with engine failures being a large part of the
story. It had Mercedes (or was it BMW) engines in it, and had chewed up
prop speed reduction units, and had a few other problems. They then went to
Chevy V-8's and were having better luck.

On the other hand, it might have been the other way around. I'm sure
someone will step in and fix my errors, from my obviously faulty
recolections.
--
Jim in NC