Crew of Southern Cross, California, 1928
Contributed by Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum
Item 25336
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The crew of the Southern Cross before the start of their 1928 flight from Oakland, California, to Australia -- the first trans-Pacific flight.
From left are navigator Harry W. Lyon of Paris Hill, pilot Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, radio operator Jim Warner and co-pilot Charles Ulm.
Lyon and Warner were American and Smith and Ulm Australian.
Other Information
- Title: Crew of Southern Cross, California, 1928
- Creation Date: 1928
- Subject Date: 1928
- Town: Oakland
- State: CA
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 10 x 15
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum
PO Box 4316, Hannibal Hamlin Drive, Paris, ME 04271
(207) 743-2980
http://www.hamlin.lib.me.us
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LC Subject Headings
Flight radio operators
Southern Cross (Airplane)
Flight crews
Ulm, Charles Thomas Phillipe, 1897-1934
Firsts
Smith, Charles Kingsford, (1897-)
Group portraits
Transpacific flights
Flight navigators
Air pilots
People
Lyon, Henry Ware
Smith, Charles Kingsford
Ulm, Charles Thomas Phillippe
Warner, James
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