Territory Stories

Aeroplane

Details:

Title

Aeroplane,

Photographer

Young, Mayse, 1913-,

Photo number

PH0200/0335,

Collection

Mayse Young Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1930-10-19,

Location

Darwin,

Description

Crowd around plane Avro Avian G-ABCF 'Southern Cross Junior' departed Heston UK 9 October 1930 and arrived Darwin 19 October taking 9 days 21 hours 40 mins. Fastest time and fastest solo Eng-Aus. Flown by Charles Kingsford Smith who was awarded the Oswald Watt Gold Medal.,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,