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• aviation
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• 1929
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• aeronautics
• sandiegoairandspacemuseum
• nc1985
• 1985

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AL-73B Luqueer Album Image _00140

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith next to a (1934?) Chrysler Airflow sedan.

Sydney Harbour Bridge crowded with onlookers during the water and aerial display, 19 March 1932

from National Library of Australia

• TVL1970 said:

  The aircraft captured in the photo are likely Charles Kingsford Smith in his Fokker Trimotor (Fokker F.VIIb/3m) "Southern Cross" (VH-USU) and either "City of Sydney" (VH-UPI) or "City of Brisbane" (VH-UNJ) belonging to New England Airways. Both Avro 618 Ten ("Avro Ten" or "Avro X") aircraft (license-built Fokker Trimotors) escorted Kingsford Smith's "Southern Cross" during the Sydney Harbour Bridge opening celebration. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Virtue#New_England_Airways_.2...

Kingsford Smith's Lockheed Altair llifted from the deck of the Mariposa, Sydney, 1934, by Sam Hood

from State Library of New South Wales

• 14 older comments, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

  Interesting photo and background story. Sorry to have a small quibble - this is not at Garden Island but East Circular Quay (wharf 2?) where the 'Mariposa' was docked. The angle of the Harbour Bridge towers, and the proximity is shown by this GoogleMapsSatellite 3D view which is fun to twiddle with - www.google.com/maps/@-33.8593544,151.2142311,42a,35y,345....
  And the shipping records -
  trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229564755?searchTerm=m...
  trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229564203?searchTerm=m...
  
  And a photo of the floating crane 'Titan' lifting the plane off the ship. Sam Hood must have been on the 'Mariposa' - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237475637?searchTerm=m...

• covid convict said:

  Moments ?earlier
  

• beachcomber australia said:

  Ha! Wasted minutes on something which was already known. Such is life!

• Flickr said:

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• State Library of New South Wales said:

  beachcomber australia 👍