On 12th November 1919, Sir Ross Macpherson Smith and his Sir brother Keith Macpherson Smith along with their crew Sergeant W.H 'Wally' Shiers and Sergeant J.M 'Jim' Bennett got into their Vickers Vimy and set off to make history in what would become known as The Great Air Race, as they would become the first pilots to fly from the United Kingdom and Australia, receiving a knighthood for their remarkable achievement by His Majesty King George V.
