He pārongo atu anōThe Southern Cross at Sockburn, Christchurch

Description

A photograph in the same set as this was published September 1928 in the Manawatu Daily Times over the news heading "Steering a Plane". The caption underneath reads, "The Southern Cross at Sockburn - a photograph specially taken showing the huge wing-spread of the airplane which carried Kingsford-Smith and his companions to success in the trans-Tasman flight". The Southern Cross, piloted by Kingsford Smith also landed in Palmerston North in 1933.

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Image

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Public Photograph Collection Av 43

Date

September 1928

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2014N_Av43_009528

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