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First trans-Pacific filight...
Item # 570328
June 1, 1928
THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, June 1, 1928
* 1st Trans-pacific airplane flight
* Southern Cross monoplane
* Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith
This 20 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Huge Monoplane Nears Honolulu; Radio Tells World About Progress; Reported Near Fall in Mid-Ocean" with subheads and related photo. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with some small binding holes along spine, otherwise in good condition..
wikipedia notes: At 8:54 am on 31 May 1928, Kingsford Smith and his crew left Oakland, California to make the first trans-Pacific flight to Australia. The flight was in three stages. The first (from Oakland to Hawaii) was 2,400 miles, took 27 hours 25 minutes and was uneventful. They then flew to Suva, Fiji 3,100 miles away, taking 34 hours 30 minutes. This was the toughest part of the journey as they flew through a massive lightning storm near the equator. They then flew on to Brisbane in 20 hours, where they landed on 9 June after approximately 7,400 miles total flight. On arrival, Kingsford Smith was met by a huge crowd of 25,000 at Eagle Farm Airport, and was feted as a hero. Australian aviator Charles Ulm was the relief pilot, and the other two crew members were Americans James Warner and Captain Harry Lyon (who were the radio operator, navigator and engineer).
Category: The 20th Century