Editing Vickers Vimy (section)

==Replicas==
[[File:Vickers Vimy Replica.jpg|thumb|Vickers Vimy replica NX71MY in 2005]]

A replica transatlantic Vimy cockpit section was built by Vickers for the London Science Museum in the early 1920s, and three full-size replicas have also been built. The first was a taxiable replica commissioned by [[British Lion Films]] from Shawcraft Models Ltd of Iver Heath, Bucks; the planned film about Alcock & Brown's transatlantic flight was never made, but the model was completed and paid for. Its fate remains a mystery{{sfn|Jarrett|2010|p=89}} although it appeared on static display at the Battle of Britain air display at [[RAF Biggin Hill]] in 1955 and may have been subsequently stored dismantled in East London until at least the late 1980s. The engine nacelles appear in the mine scene from the film  '[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]',{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} so it may not have been in good condition by then.

In 1969 an airworthy Vimy replica (registered G-AWAU) was built by the Vintage Aircraft Flying Association at Brooklands; this was first flown by D. G. 'Dizzy' Addicott and Peter Hoar. It was badly damaged by fire and was displayed until February 2014 at the [[RAF Museum]], Hendon, London).<ref name=replica/>{{sfn|Jackson|1988|page=203}} It is currently stored dismantled at the RAF Museum storage facility in [[Stafford]].<ref name=replica>{{cite news |url=http://www.pilotweb.aero/news/vickers_vimy_replica_due_to_leave_raf_museum_1_3345809 |title=Vickers Vimy replica due to leave RAF Museum |publisher=[[Pilot (UK magazine)|Pilot]] |date=21 February 2014 |access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref>

A second flyable Vimy replica, NX71MY, was built in 1994 by an Australian-American team led by Lang Kidby and Peter McMillan, and this aircraft successfully recreated the three great pioneering Vimy flights: England to Australia flown by Lang Kidby and Peter McMillan (in 1994),{{sfn|McMillan|1995|pages=4–43}} England to South Africa flown by Mark Rebholz and John LaNoue (1999) and in 2005, Alcock and Brown's 1919 Atlantic crossing was recreated by [[Steve Fossett]] and Mark Rebholz. The aircraft was donated to [[Brooklands Museum]] in 2006 and was kept airworthy in order to commemorate the 90th anniversaries of the Transatlantic and Australian flights, then retired in late 2009. Its final flight was made by John Dodd, Clive Edwards and Peter McMillan from Dunsfold to Brooklands on 15 November 2009 and four days later, in 18 hours, the aircraft was dismantled, transported the short distance to the museum and reassembled inside the main hangar by a dedicated volunteer team. Two days later a special Brooklands Vimy Exhibition was officially opened by Peter McMillan, and this unique aircraft is now on public display there.{{cn|date=June 2022}}