The Advertiser Library caption: Artist Stefan Twain-Wood painting a mural on the Vickers Vimy memorial museum at the Adelaide Airport 18 Nov 1987. (Pic by staff photographer John Burdett). Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

Mural almost finished on the Vickers Vimy Memorial at the Adelaide Airport 18 Nov 1987. (Pic by staff photographer John Burdett)

The Advertiser Library caption: Model aeroplane builder Bob Howie, of North Brighton (l), and pilot Brian Horrocks, of Paralowie, with their one-seventh scale model radio-controlled Vickers Vimy biplane before it is flown at Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith commemoration event on Fosters Road, Northfield, 19 Mar 1986. The model will be flown at 2 p.m., the exact time the Smith brothers arrived on 23 Mar 1920. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer). Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

The Federal Minister for Aviation, Peter Morris, inspecting Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith’s Vickers Vimy G-EAOU at the Adelaide Airport memorial, 16 Nov 1986. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer)

The Advertiser Library caption: Night time silhouette image of the Vickers Vimy and Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Memorial building at Adelaide Airport 25 oct 1983. Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

Advertiser caption: Aircraft maintenance engineer Norman Pointing working on restoring the Smith brothers’ Vickers Vimy at the Adelaide Airport memorial, 15 Feb 1982. Ravaged by souvenir hunters after its historic flight, it was never restored to its original condition when it went on display in 1958. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer). Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

Norman Pointing with original Vickers Vimy aeroplane at the Ross and Keith Smith Memorial at Adelaide Airport 09 Jan 1994. (Pic by staff photographer Russell Millard)

The Advertiser Library caption: England to Australia Commemorative air race, 1969. Trophy presentation in the Royal Aero Club of SA hangar at Parafield Aerodrome. Vickers-Vimy trophy awarded to (l-r) Victorians John Winn, 27, and Keith Buttery, 27, representing the city of Bendigo, 01 Jan 1970. Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

The Advertiser Library caption: Lady Smith (Anita), widow of pioneer aviator Sir Keith Smith, with a model of the famous Vickers Vimy bi-plane, Dec 1969. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer).  Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

Lady Smith (Anita), widow of pioneer aviator Sir Keith Smith, being presented with a 50th anniversary commemorative medallion of the historic Vickers Vimy flight by the president of the Royal Aero Club of South Australia, Mr E. C. Acres. The medallion was designed by Sunday Mail artist Donald Allnutt and Adelaide numismatist Dion Skinner. Used “Sunday Mail” 18 Oct 1969. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer)

50th anniversary commemorative medallion of the historic Vickers Vimy flight from England to Australia, designed by Sunday Mail artist Donald Allnutt and Adelaide numismatist Dion Skinner. Used “Sunday Mail” 18 Oct 1969. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer)

Copy pic of the cover of the South Australia Telephone Directory 1969, featuring montage of the historic 1919 Ross and Keith Smith Vickers Vimy flight. Filed 06 Aug 1969. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer)

The Advertiser Library caption: Aviation pioneer Wally Shiers, 75, now living in Adelaide, in Bennett Street at Hilton. Pictured commenting on the search for the exact spot in the paddock at Enfield where the Vickers Vimy chuffed to a stop, 13 Dec 1965. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer).  Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

The Advertiser Library caption: Aviation pioneer Wally Shiers (c) with Lady Keith (Anita) Smith and Mr Walter Bridgland, president of the Queens School Old Boys Association at the Captain Sir Ross Smith Memorial statue in Cresswell Gardens, outside Adelaide Oval, after the service marking the 46th anniversary of the landing at Darwin of the historic Vickers Vimy flight from England to Australia, 12 Dec 1965. Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

The Advertiser Library caption: Aviation pioneer Wally Shiers, the only surviving member of the crew of Vickers Vimy biplane which made the first flight from England to Australia, pictured after the opening ceremony of the Sir Ross Smith and Sir Keith Smith Memorial at Adelaide Airport, 27 Apr 1958. Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

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The Advertiser Library caption: Pre-opening work on John Dowie’s sculpture of pioneer aviators Captain Sir Ross Smith, Lieutenant Sir Keith Smith, Lieutenant J M Bennett and Lieutenant W H Shiers at the Vickers Vimy memorial at Adelaide Airport. Filed 18 Apr 1958. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer).  Please note: these images are not to be republished without the permission of News Corporation.

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The unveiling of John Dowie’s sculpture of pioneer aviators Captain Sir Ross Smith, Lieutenant Sir Keith Smith, Lieutenant J M Bennett and Lieutenant W H Shiers at the Vickers Vimy memorial at Adelaide Airport. In the foreground on the dais are Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams, who unveiled the memorial and Lady Smith (Anita), widow of Sir Keith Smith. Behind them (from left) Lord Mayor of Adelaide (Mr. Lancelot (Lance) Morton Spiller Hargrave), the Minister for Defence (Sir Philip McBride), the Premier (Sir Thomas Playford) and the only surviving member of the crew, Mr W. H. (Wally) Shiers, 27 Apr 1958.