Not quite sure of the importance of this machine as indeed for any recreation in the scheme of things. Certainly some impressive flights have been carried out by her but
they are reinactments of the original flights. The pioneers of the 1920’s were decidedly risking their necks in doing their flights . The flights carried out in the last
ten years plus have been tests of endurance and luck but I feel that they are retracing
footprints. She has probably done everything that’s worth doing now – I would however like to see her preserved abroad in a country that has a particular relevance
in the pioneering flights. The RAF museum has the particularily fine replica at Hendon
and of course the Science museum has the Alcock and Brown machine – that is enough
when we have other significant Vickers aircraft out in the rain in need of hangarage.
David, it’s interesting reading your initial post that there isn’t the slightest bit of enthusiasm and/or praise for what these guys have done. Surely even a love of aviation would move you to feel some sort of inspiration that there are people who wish to remember these past exploits and learn what it was like. Maybe the fact that you have seen only the negatives (all subective of course) and not the many positives is what has resulted in such adverse reaction to your comments.
It may not be a pioneering flight but these guys have got the pioneering spirit for sure.
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