Photograph of "Famous monoplane damaged : sir Charles Kingsford Smith's Southern Cross meets with a mishap when landing

Object detail

Accession number

07/079/005

Description

The Southern Cross photographed after landing at the Milson Aerodrome last Saturday. A perfect landing was made by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, but the machine ...causing a wheel to sink axle-deep and breaking the rod of the undercarriage. The tip of one wing was crumpled and the port propeller was broken. Nobody was hurt ...the speed of the aeroplane was only five miles an hour at the time.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 l. : b.&w. ; 26 cm.

Credit Line

1930s. Photograph of "Famous monoplane damaged : sir Charles Kingsford Smith's Southern Cross meets with a mishap when landing, 07/079/005. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Palmerston North
Manawatu District
Whanganui - Manawatu
New Zealand

Current rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Southern Cross (Airplane) Kingsford Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935 Australia Aviators New Zealand Aviation

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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