Originally Posted by
badflaps
Still, wow, that is a once in a life time experience. Where is the Vickers now?
They flew it to a museum just outside of London about 5 years ago and grounded it permanently. You can read about it here:
http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/vickers-fb27-vimy-replica-nx71my-1994/
They flew it all around several continents, even did a few more ocean crossings without Fossett later on. They were in National Geographic magazine, pretty big deal in the aviation world at the time. And he was an active UAL 747 Captain at the time too.