The Lady Southern Cross was a Lockheed Altair monoplane owned by Australian pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
In this aircraft, Kingsford Smith made the first eastward trans-Pacific flight from Australia to the United States, in October and November of 1934.
Read more about Lady Southern Cross: Delivery, Trans-Pacific Flight, England-Australia, Disappearance
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