Southern Cross (aircraft)
Southern Cross is the name of the Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane which in 1928 was flown by Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew in the first ever trans-Pacific flight to Australia from the mainland United States, about 7,250 miles (11,670 km).
Read more about Southern Cross (aircraft): History, Trans-Pacific Flight, Trans-Tasman Flights, Preservation, Notes
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