Territory Stories
Wakefield's aircraft
Details:
Title
Wakefield's aircraft,
Photo number
PH0782/0001,
Collection
Robert Webb Collection.,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
0000-00-00,
Description
The HMAS Geranium came across the aircraft of Sir Charles Wakefield, who had made an emergency landing on a beach and was unable to take off again, whilst trying to break the flight time record from England to Australia. The sailors helped convert the aircraft from wheels to floats to get it airborne again.,
Notes
Date: Unknown,
Subject
record-breaking,
aeroplanes,
beaches,
aircraft,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/5034 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/5034
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/725000 ,
Territory Stories
Wakefield's aircraft
Details:
Title
Wakefield's aircraft,
Photo number
PH0782/0001,
Collection
Robert Webb Collection.,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
0000-00-00,
Description
The HMAS Geranium came across the aircraft of Sir Charles Wakefield, who had made an emergency landing on a beach and was unable to take off again, whilst trying to break the flight time record from England to Australia. The sailors helped convert the aircraft from wheels to floats to get it airborne again.,
Notes
Date: Unknown,
Subject
record-breaking,
aeroplanes,
beaches,
aircraft,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/5034 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/5034
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/725000 ,