EAA Biplane (VINTAGE)

Replica of Vickers Vimy, first aircraft to cross Atlantic ocean, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, to Clifden, Ireland, pilots John Alcock and Arthur Brown, taking 16.5 hours, from June 14-15, 1919; trans-Atlantic flight repeated in replica Vickers Vimy, pilots adventurer Steve Fossett and Captain Mark Rebholz, from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland, taking 18 hours, from July 2-3, 2005. Aircraft shown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 1, 2005.