Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - Southern Cross Minor

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - Southern Cross Minor  
Wyndham Australia - London England - 24th Sept. - 7th Oct. 1931
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This livery is an inverted variant of the Kingford Smith livery unveiled on VH-FGB. It commemorates the solo flight from Australia to England performed by Kingford Smith in a Avro Avian biplane, Southern Cross Minor, in the fall of 1931. He intended to gain publicity with an immediate return flight to Australia, but the return trip was abandoned on medical advice.

Image  ©  Bradley Bygrave (NWI)
Tags   Commemoration