In 1928 the Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew flew the Southern Cross, a Fokker F. VIIb / 3m trimotor monoplane, on the first trans-Pacific flight.
The flight took them from the mainland United States to Australia, about 7,250 miles or 11 670 km . On 31 May 1928 Charles Kingsford Smith took off from Oakland, California, United States. His crew was Charles Ulm, Harry Lyon (navigator) and James Warner (radio operator). The Southern Cross first stopped for refueling in Hawaii before setting off for Fiji.
This leg of the journey took 34 1/2 hours, flying over open sea before gliding past the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva, where a large and enthusiastic crowd saw the first aircraft to land in Fiji touch down at Albert Park.
The Southern Cross landed at Eagle Farm Airport in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 9 June. Here they where greeted by a crowd of 25 000 people that were waiting for the Southern Cross on its arrival at the airport.
The Southern Cross flew on to Sydney the following day (10 June).
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