This photograph shows the damaged "Southern Cross" when it landed at Milson Airport, Palmerston North. 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 4 February 1933. The left wing sank axle-deep in a boggy patch of ground. The left wing and port propellor were damaged, taking several weeks to be repaired. Kingsford-Smith left for Sydney a few days later in the "Makura" for a much needed holiday.
https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2Fd%2F4%2F134466-86a8-48b5-b26d-101035a0cc86%2Fresize_master_30cfca59464ab26bd275ccbd6194c0ea.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=06bb1c2f7d386cb909f0f9a404748295779c1d28&ver=1628969532Damaged Southern Cross Aircraft, Milson Airport
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- February 1933
- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_Av15_009524
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- G F Framjee [?]
- Place
- Milson Airport, Palmerston North
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Taxonomy
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