Trans-Tasman Flights
Kingsford Smith and Ulm also made the first nonstop Trans-Tasman flight in the Southern Cross – over the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand and back (c. 2,500 miles (4,000 km)) – beginning with the first crossing on 10/11 September 1928. Guy Menzies completed the first solo trans-Tasman flight in the Southern Cross Junior in 1931.
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