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.

The Southern Cross at Sockburn, Christchurch
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_Av44_009529
- Title
- The Southern Cross at Sockburn, Christchurch
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Sockburn, Christchurch
- Date
- September 1928
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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