Vickers Vimy on bamboo runway

View of the Vickers Vimy at the end of a runway made from bamboo mats set up by locals at Surabaya, Java. Crew, officials, and spectators are gathered to watch the take off.

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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