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August 31, 2005
Vimy, Giza, Egypt, 1994Photograph by James L. Stanfield "In the antique light of a desert dawn, a Vickers Vimy biplane circles the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. In 1919 another Vimy buzzed above the sands here, attempting the longest, riskiest flight in history." (Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Vimy Flies Again," May 1995, National Geographic magazine)
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