Repairing the wing of Kingsford Smith's "Southern Cross" aircaft with 3-ply wood in a Palmerston North Agricultural and Pastoral showground building in Waldegrave Street. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft, were delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after the aeroplane's wing was damaged during taxiing at Milson Aerodrome 4 February 1933.
https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2F5%2F7%2F46cbe3-1195-48fc-bb7b-9d67e406662d%2Fresize_master_f04fb4618521ab7f333d0b6025936aa4.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=9a0bd84b7489d7f4272dc6e2092d9cf6ffacd8b8&ver=1655545528Repairing Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's aeroplane, the "Southern Cross"
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- February 1933
- Digitisation ID
- 2009N_Av19_TRA_2259
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- T C Benfell
- Place
- The Showgrounds. Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
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