Charles Kingsford-Smith with crew and local residents, Milson Airport

Description

One of the world’s aviation pioneers, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith (Smithy) landed at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 10 September 1928 just a few months after he and Charles Ulm made the first crossing of the Pacific in the “Southern Cross”. Pictured here are local residents with Kingsford-Smith (centre, wearing flying helmet) and Ulm (man wearing flying helmet to the right of Kingsford-Smith) with their crew H A Hitchfield and J H McWilliam (both of Wanganui) who acted as Navigator and Radio Operator (4th and 5th from right).

Identification

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Av 14

Date

September 10, 1928

Digitisation id

2007N_Av14_A-E_0295

Held in

Coolstore