SOUTHERN CROSS ARRIVES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19669, 12 July 1929, Page 11

SOUTHERN CROSS ARRIVES.

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LONDON, July 10. r.„, rn Cross landed at Croydon urfroiM at r- m - The mon °- *1 u-s'l" 8 "I"'' landing, j"" 1 hangars. The. airmen were by " bi e crowd, hundreds of "'titii-i besieging them. General Sir y Hamilton wns amongst those Cj btfton til :!!:• k'. r. Director of 1 ttlation, conveyed the congratula0f tho -Air Minister to the crew u ,<Oll thorn Cross, find declared that would encourage the support I pnJienger air service to Austra- ' MiKirou-Leatler <K. Kingsford utfc jaM that ho considered such a ~18 quite k-asitilo. He stated that * n iWed that the flight occupied ' 'jj* !.: days 21 hours IS minutes '* time that th<> Southern Cross iff [>rhy to tho minute it landed, toisfoi'd Smith stated: "We bad , minor troubles, but generally M :u.i a £,"«»< flight. far tho airmen have made no plans (l w ,„ n g tho Atlantic. They expect , -wkuii in K a gland for some weeks. ■n, e sent a message as tol- •!»!,-! • fom-cv to tho f our airT f heartfelt congratulations on \ r remarkable and successful rnnent after all tho hardships and nM they experienced." }, learned that Kingsford Smith ,iiiler«l three Avro monoplanes, each | 'fith the thro© Arrastrong-Sid-J.fijx" engines, for the purpose .Rating an Australian air service. Upfard Smith will superintend their Kitiui'tion. i' l( ,[f interest was shown in the Vathrrn Cross, in which Kingsford WJ , h and I'lm a few months ago ml,, ttw first trans-Pacific flight, and uu, mince made other remarkable ■ • first message from Kingsford faith received by wireless at Croydon ,nj 'Southern Crosa is heading on d ovrr England. Loud cheers from i« bovH. She is Hying beautifully. We ii»pr to land at Croydon in -0 min* Jilted Service, Official Wireless. The monoplane Southern aici, with its arrival in England . ..proMtoaudy 30,000 miles, on nit man\ of them never at.■upf.l bv "iv ai roplane before, wa« .' ir<>m two Fokker aeroplaneo .na-h mii H.ilhii W ilk ins had durmg kl flint It mtioiH '-ear in Alaska, vne a tli no-motored machine and the rtker r ■)!!!: '< -motored transport with ',l v > niin-e; both were broken . Tiey «ere tdnpped hack to Seattle ill til to rebuilt. Tho 72-foot wing tf th« three-motored machine was iifffi on the fuseiaco of the transport iul Ihrcc Wright Whirlwind motors inntk 1 principal flights mad® by cobvtinnrfcw Kinpsford Smith and "'in All" Southern Cross (bnt not inclndij snort I smaller flights) axe as tol- * Miles. m i i:i r: •. -••■vllonuiu'.u ... 2400 SmMiJ-SuVa ... ••• 3180 KM-BU 1 lumo ... ... L*** Miiftiroe-lVrth ... ... 2000 Ptrt(>-Adelaide ... ••• }ooo Mn«€hcii, • N.Z.) ... -• 16bO fckiin (N.Z.)-Svdu®y ... 1600 (jfc«-"Coffeo Royal" (and rttarn) ... ••• ••• 'MMf-Derby ••• ••• *OOO >rinr-London (in stages) ... 9490 Tbtat 3 5 . 858