Thelma and Harry Lyon, Portland, 1958
Contributed by Paris Cape Historical Society
Item 25467
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Thelma and Harry Lyon of Paris Hill at the Portland Airport as they were about to depart for Australia for 30th anniversary observances of the first trans-Pacific airplane flight in 1928.
Harry Lyon was the navigator aboard the historic flight. Charles Kingsford Smith of Australia was the pilot.
Other Information
- Title: Thelma and Harry Lyon, Portland, 1958
- Creation Date: 1958
- Subject Date: 1958
- Town: Brisbane, Paris, Portland
- County: Cumberland, Oxford
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Collection: Lloyd Gates Collection
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Paris Cape Historical Society
19 Park Street, South Paris, ME 04281
(207) 743-2462
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LC Subject Headings
Portland International Jetport (Portland, Me.)
Transpacific flights
Airports--Maine--Portland
Southern Cross (Airplane)
Arrivals & departures--Maine--Portland
Lyon, Henry Ware
Flight navigators
Ship captains
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