First fully successful westbound North Atlantic flight
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith, co-pilot Evert van Dijk and navigator John Patrick (Paddy) Saul, with the Southern Cross aeroplane (VH-USU) in which they made the first fully successful westbound North Atlantic flight on 23-24 June 1930, flying from Ireland to Newfoundland. The route was from Portmarnock Beach (near Dublin) to Harbour Grace (Newfoundland), distance 1, 900 miles. The time taken was 31 hours 30 minutes
Picture No
12548172
Media ID
46137548
Size
4918px x 3571px
(15.7MB)
Credit
© The John Barrett Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph
Date
1930
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