Territory Stories

Aeroplane

Details:

Title

Aeroplane,

Photographer

Young, Mayse, 1913-,

Photo number

PH0200/0231,

Collection

Mayse Young Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1928-03-19,

Location

Darwin,

Description

Avro Avian G-EBTU 'Red Rose' departed Croydon, UK, on 14 October 1927 and arrived Darwin 19 March 1928. Captain Bill Lancaster carried a passenger, Jessie Miller (Chubbie) and she was the first woman to travel by air between Eng-Aus. Lancaster disappeared in the Sahara in 1933 but it was not until 1962 that his remains were found.,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes,

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/10070/19166,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/19166

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/740818,