Souvenir of the flight of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith from Sydney to New Plymouth January 11, 1933.

Object detail

Accession number

04/001/064

Maker

McLeod & Slade Limited

Description

Les Birch's copy of a souvenir booklet put together to commemorate Kingsford Smith's Tasman Crossing in the Southern Cross aircraft in January 1933. Mentions Birch's involvements in the radio communications between the flight and the New Plymouth Aerodrome. Other content includes a brief biography of Kingsford Smith and an article by him about the Southern Cross aircraft nicknamed "the Old Bus." Illustrations include portraits of key individuals in organisation of this flight and of the crew. Designed, printed and published by McLeod and Slade.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

12 pages : illustrations ; 27 x 21.5 cm

Record level

Item

Collection

Leslie Birch Collection

Credit line

McLeod & Slade Limited. 1933. Souvenir of the flight of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith from Sydney to New Plymouth January 11, 1933., 04/001/064. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Souvenir Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Memorabilia

Production place

New Plymouth New Plymouth District Taranaki New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Flights Aeronautics Kingsford Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935 Radio in aeronautics Southern Cross (Airplane)

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

Subject auto tags

Vehicle Aircraft Airplane Monoplane Aerospace manufacturer Font Rectangle Line Flap Aviation

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Name: Amateur Radio Operations Aid the 1933 Tasman Crossing by the Southern Cross Summary/Abstract: Aviation tours captured the imagination of the New Zealand public, with Tasman crossings increasingly carried out in the 1930s after the first successful crossing in 1928 by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. In January 1933 Kingsford Smith made another crossing, flying between Sydney and New Plymouth in Fokker F.VII ‘Southern Cross’ with co-pilot Patrick Gordon Taylor and radio operator John Stannage. Subject category: Shortwave radio, Radio stations, Radio operators, Radio, Flight radio operators, Radio equipment, Southern Cross (Airplane), Fokker Tri-Motor F.VIIB-3M (Southern Cross) See full details

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