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In March 1919, the Australian government announced that it would give a £10,000 prize for the first successful flight from England to Australia. Brothers Ross and Keith Smith and their mechanics James Bennett and Wally Shiers, won flying a Vickers Vimy two-engine former bomber.

In March 1919, the Australian government announced that it would give a £10,000 prize for the first successful flight from England to Australia. Brothers Ross and Keith Smith and their mechanics James Bennett and Wally Shiers, won flying a Vickers Vimy two-engine former bomber.