Bamboo runway

View of bamboo mats, laid out on the runway by locals to prevent the Vickers Vimy from sinking into the mud during take off, at Surabaya, Java.

From a photograph album documenting the England-Australia flight of the Vickers Vimy G-EAOU and crew, from Hounslow, England, to Adelaide, Australia.

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