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This is a photo of Charles Kingsford-Smith's June 1, 1928 arrival in Hawaii at Wheeler Field, Honolulu aboard his Fokker F.VIIb/3m (registration: VH-USU), "Southern Cross". At center, in the flying helmet with goggles upon his head, greeting radio operator James Warner to his right and Kingsford-Smith to his left, is Hawaii-based aviator Martin Jensen (who finished second in the 1927 Dole Air Race). To Warner's right is Hawaii Governor, Wallace R. Farrington. Not captured in this photo are Kingsford-Smith's co-pilot, Charles Ulm, and navigator Harry Lyon. Here is a photo from the same day of Art Goebel (1st Place finisher in the 1927 Dole Air Race), Governor Farrington, and Martin Jensen, apparently awaiting Kingsford-Smith's arrival at Wheeler Field (note Jensen's tie and flight helmet). www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4728489699/

Fokker F.VIIa-3m VH-USU c/n 4954, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith's 'Southern Cross', ex (NC)1985, G-AUSU, then VH-USU, currently displayed at Brisbane, Australia. Photo by "Mark" (?), Flickr.

This is (Sir) Charles Kingsford Smith's Fokker tri-motor "Southern Cross", the first aircraft to fly trans-Pacific from the mainland US to Australia in May/June 1928. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Cross_(aircraft)

Fokker F.VIIa-3m NC1985 c/n 4954, later G-AUSU, then VH-USU, now displayed at Brisbane as '1985'.