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Old April 18th 14, 05:02 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Savageduck[_3_]
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Default UK1 E8630 Vickers Vimy to G-EAOU.jpg
On 2014-04-18 04:27:32 +0000, y said:

It is hard for me to think of how much courage it would have taken to climb
into one of these, and attempt to fly it. Just think of what could happen
if the nose skid caught on something during take off or landing.

Now think of the pioneering long distance flights made in the Vimy.
There was Alcock & Brown's 1919 trans-Atlantic crossing, then there
were the flights from the UK to Australia and South Africa.
All of those men were made from "The right stuff".
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