NEAR CULCAIRN, NSW AUSTRALIA, MID 1920. THE FIRST SINGLE ENGINED AEROPLANE FLIGHT FROM GREAT ...

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Accession Number P00281.031
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative other
Conflict Period 1920-1929
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NEAR CULCAIRN, NSW AUSTRALIA, MID 1920. THE FIRST SINGLE ENGINED AEROPLANE FLIGHT FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA BY RAY PARER AND JOHN MCINTOSH. THE END OF THE FLIGHT. THE P.D., LANDING IN FAILING CULTIVATED PADDOCK. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE P.D. BEING DISMANTLED IN PREPARATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE JOURNEY TO MELBOURNE BY RAIL.