May-10-31, 1928, First crossing of Pacific from Oakland, California to Brisbane, Australia in a Foker Tri-motor. Pilots Australians Charles Ingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, Navigator and radio operator Americans James Warner and Harry Lyon. Kingsford Smith later continued in the "Southern Cross" to become the first to complete a true circumnavigation and the first successful crossing East-West of the Atlantic |
Charles Smith |
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