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,