Southern Cross (aircraft)

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Southern Cross was the name of the Fokker FV11-3M three-engine monoplane aircraft which flown by Australian pioneer aviator,
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith when he made the first-ever flight across the Pacific Ocean. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith flew from
San Francisco, California, in the United States, to Brisbane, Queensland in Australia in 1928.

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith also made trans-Tasman flights in the "Southern Cross" - from Australia to New Zealand.

The "Southern Cross" is now preserved in a special glass 'hangar' memorial at Brisbane International Airport.

External link

• Photographs of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and the "Southern Cross" - Airborne Connections