Tag: aviation
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HMAS Albatross (1928) Seaplane Carrier
HMAS Albatross (1928) HMAS Albatross (later HMS Albatross) was a seaplane tender of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), which was later transferred to the Royal Navy and used as a repair ship. Albatross was built by Cockatoo Island Dockyard during the mid-1920s and entered service at the start of 1929. The ship experienced problems with Read more
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Lockheed Altair
Lockheed Altair Lady Southern Cross Replica – Balranald Southern Cross Museum The Lady Southern Cross was a Lockheed Altair monoplane owned by Australian pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. In this aircraft, Kingsford Smith made the first eastward trans-Pacific flight from Australia to the United States, in October and November of 1934. In 1935 while Read more
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Fokker FVIIB Southern Cross Replica
Fokker FVIIB Southern Cross Replica Southern Cross is a flying replica of the famous record breaking Southern Cross Fokker FV11B of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith from the 1920s and 1930s. Built in South Australia in the period 1980 to 1987 as a tribute to Smithy, the aircraft toured Australia during the 1988 Bicentenary raising money Read more