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The wreckage of Lt. Cmdr. Richard Byrd's (USN) Fokker C-2 (F.VII/3m) "America", (NX206; c/n 706). In addition to Byrd, "America" was crewed by Lt. George O. Noville, Bert Acosta, and Bernt Balchen. As per Wikipedia: For eight years after the first non-stop heavier than air Atlantic crossing by a British Vickers Vimy in 1919, there were no further such flights. Then, in 1927, three crossings were made by American flyers, the America's being the third after Lindbergh's first solo crossing in the Spirit of St. Louis flight and Clarence Chamberlin's Columbia flight from New York to Berlin. All three were aspiring to win the Orteig Prize. It was also the first aircraft to carry official airmail across the Atlantic. The America was destroyed after it was ditched near the French village of Ver-sur-Mer after having flown to Paris but unable to land due to fog. Distance covered was about 3,800 miles not counting the time and distance spent at Paris waiting in vain for the fog to clear. After it was towed ashore, it was torn apart by souvenir hunters. Portions of the aircraft reside in several museums in Europe and in the United States. The America is a subject of the America/Goldbeach Museum, located in Ver-sur-Mer. See also: www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/America-NX206.htm aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=65208

And no cup holders ... that was really roughing it!
What a great picture to have in the library.

Above the instrument panel near the windscreen you can see the kangaroo mascot which Charles Ulm appears to have set up in the cabin of 'Faith in Australia' in June 1933...shortly before he, Bill Taylor and Scotty Allan took off from Richmond aerodrome on their proposed flight around the world...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246233833 - the Daily Telegraph, 22nd June, 1933...the mascot is mentioned in this item that appeared in the Sydney Daily Telegraph the day after Ulm etc took off from Richmond...

The NLA's Fairfax collection has a couple of pics of the mascot...
trove.nla.gov.au/work/186346999
trove.nla.gov.au/work/184208050

If you're interested the NLA's Fairfax Collection has quite a few pics of 'Faith in Australia'...they come up if you go to the Trove records of the mascot I've linked to above and click on the tags..

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.