A Morane Saulnier Type H, the first aeroplane to fly across the Mediterranean sea. This monoplane ...

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Accession Number C02796
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1914-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A Morane Saulnier Type H, the first aeroplane to fly across the Mediterranean sea. This monoplane was piloted by Roland Garros, a French pilot. The same machine was flown up the River Nile from Cairo to Khartoum by Marc Pourpe who was, at one time, in Australia. The machine was housed in Colonel Watt's hangar in Egypt.