Damien B
Agree completely old sport !!!
If you read the passages in the books and Mags about the crash landing in Indonesia – I don’t care what they had access to – it was not fun and it was every bit as primative as the first time – I also believe they were in every bit as much danger in 1994 as the original one was due to the dud engines and frail construction – I also believe the modern political environment along the way caused a bit more stress tan the original.
To sumerise – both flights stand on their own merits and both original and new build Vimys stand the test of time in my eyes. I would also not imagine that the builders of the modern Vimy would have imagined it doing it’s job still nearly 15 years later – a lot longer than most Vimys originally survived let alone were still flying – when did the last original one fly.
I still remember reading with horror of the replica at Hendon catching fire not long after it was built – very lucky to survive i would have thought.
Regards
John p
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