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Kingsford Smith's record England - Australia solo flight: 4…
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Melbourne
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15-Aug-2021
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Kingsford Smith's record England - Australia solo flight: 4 October 1933 original Dutch press photo with affixed details: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith studying a map of the route he will take before leaving Heston Aerodrome today. The plane was a Percival D.2 Gull IV named, Miss Southern cross, . A new record elapsed time for the flight was set: 7 days, 4 hours, 44 minutes. The previous record for a solo flight was 8 days, 20 hours, 47 minutes, set by Charles William Anderson Scott in 1932.
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Memorabilia: Transport - Aeronautical