FAIRBAIRN, CANBERRA, ACT. THE FAMOUS AIRCRAFT "SOUTHERN CROSS" FLYING OVER THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL ...

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Accession Number 098187
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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FAIRBAIRN, CANBERRA, ACT. THE FAMOUS AIRCRAFT "SOUTHERN CROSS" FLYING OVER THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY. IN THIS PLANE THE LATE SIR CHARLES KINGSFORD-SMITH AND CREW MADE THE FIRST TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT, THE FIRST TRANS-AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT, AND THE FIRST TRANS-TASMAN FLIGHT IN 1928; A FLIGHT FROM AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND IN 1929, A TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT IN 1930 AND OTHER HISTORIC FLIGHTS.