Contributed by Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum
Description
The crew of the Southern Cross before the start of their 1928 flight from Oakland, California, to Australia -- the first trans-Pacific flight.
From left are navigator Harry W. Lyon of Paris Hill, pilot Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, radio operator Jim Warner and co-pilot Charles Ulm.
Lyon and Warner were American and Smith and Ulm Australian.
About This Item
- Title: Crew of Southern Cross, California, 1928
- Creation Date: 1928
- Subject Date: 1928
- Location: Oakland, CA
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Smith, Charles Kingsford, (1897-)
- Firsts
- Ulm, Charles Thomas Phillipe, 1897-1934
- Flight crews
- Southern Cross (Airplane)
- Flight radio operators
- Group portraits
- Transpacific flights
- Flight navigators
- Air pilots
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Hamlin Memorial Library and MuseumPO Box 4316, Hannibal Hamlin Drive, Paris, ME 04271
(207) 743-2980
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