Territory Stories
Mail plane
Details:
Title
Mail plane,
Photographer
Young, Mayse, 1913-,
Photo number
PH0200/0379,
Collection
Mayse Young Collection,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
1931-04-26,
Location
Darwin,
Description
Pilot Russell Tapp (left) handing mail to postmaster Hurtle (who was later killed in the bombing of Darwin). Plane HD61 Giant Moth VH-UJB 'Apollo' of Qantas. It arrived at Darwin from Brisbane with the first Australia-England experimental air mail. It was then flown by Kingsford Smith in the 'Southern Cross' (Fokker F.V11b/3m VH-USU) to Akyab (Burma) for transfer to Imperial Airways aircraft thence to England.,
Language
English,
Subject
aeroplanes,
postal workers,
De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth (biplanes),
Digital format
3548 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 53.24Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/15668 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/15668
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736869 ,
Territory Stories
Mail plane
Details:
Title
Mail plane,
Photographer
Young, Mayse, 1913-,
Photo number
PH0200/0379,
Collection
Mayse Young Collection,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
1931-04-26,
Location
Darwin,
Description
Pilot Russell Tapp (left) handing mail to postmaster Hurtle (who was later killed in the bombing of Darwin). Plane HD61 Giant Moth VH-UJB 'Apollo' of Qantas. It arrived at Darwin from Brisbane with the first Australia-England experimental air mail. It was then flown by Kingsford Smith in the 'Southern Cross' (Fokker F.V11b/3m VH-USU) to Akyab (Burma) for transfer to Imperial Airways aircraft thence to England.,
Language
English,
Subject
aeroplanes,
postal workers,
De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth (biplanes),
Digital format
3548 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 53.24Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/15668 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/15668
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736869 ,