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Aviation, Southern Cross, Fokker F.VII/3m. No Registration Mark on Side. Winding it Up. Three Engines. Two Bladed Propellors. Piloted by Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford Smith. Accompanied by Co-Pilot Charles Ulm, Navigator Harold Arthur Litchfield, and Radio Operator Thomas H. McWilliams, a New Zealander made available by the New Zealand Government. 11 September 1928. After a 14.5 Hour Flight From Richmond, Near Sydney, NSW, Australia. The First Flight into New Zealand, They Came Across the Tasman Sea. Wigram Airfield, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. (7)

Aviation, Southern Cross, Fokker F.VII/3m. No Registration Mark on Side. Winding it Up. Three Engines. Two Bladed Propellors. Piloted by Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford Smith. Accompanied by Co-Pilot Charles Ulm, Navigator Harold Arthur Litchfield, and Radio Operator Thomas H. McWilliams, a New Zealander made available by the New Zealand Government. 11 September 1928. After a 14.5 Hour Flight From Richmond, Near Sydney, NSW, Australia. The First Flight into New Zealand, They Came Across the Tasman Sea. Wigram Airfield, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. (7)

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Aviation, Southern Cross, Fokker F.VII/3m. No Registration Mark on Side. Winding it Up. Three Engines. Two Bladed Propellors. Piloted by Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford Smith. Accompanied by Co-Pilot Charles Ulm, Navigator Harold Arthur Litchfield, and Radio Operator Thomas H. McWilliams, a New Zealander made available by the New Zealand Government. 11 September 1928. After a 14.5 Hour Flight From Richmond, Near Sydney, NSW, Australia. The First Flight into New Zealand, They Came Across the Tasman Sea. Wigram Airfield, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. (7)

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    Aviation, Southern Cross, Fokker F.VII/3m. No Registration Mark on Side. Winding it Up. Three Engines. Two Bladed Propellors. Piloted by Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford Smith. Accompanied by Co-Pilot Charles Ulm, Navigator Harold Arthur Litchfield, and Radio Operator Thomas H. McWilliams, a New Zealander made available by the New Zealand Government. 11 September 1928. After a 14.5 Hour Flight From Richmond, Near Sydney, NSW, Australia. The First Flight into New Zealand, They Came Across the Tasman Sea. Wigram Airfield, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. (7)

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    Southern Cross, First, Aviation, Aircraft

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