On 2nd -3rd July 2005, this Vickers Vimy replica, NX71MY, successfully re-enacted Alcock & Brown's trans-Atlantic flight from St Johns, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland, in just under 19 hours. It was built California in 1994 and for the trans-Atlantic flight equipped with a pair of Orenda OE600 V8s. The Toronto Aerospace Museum hosted the Vimy May 25-June 1 while a team from Toronto-based Orenda inspected the engines. Steve Fossett and Mark Rebholz departed Downsview on June 1 escorted by four WW1 replica fighters from the Great War Flying Museum. Fossett died in a crash on Sep. 3, 2007.