NOTED FLIERS WHO HAVE CROSSED THE PACIFIC.—Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is the only airman in the world to date to fly the Pacific Ocean both ways, between America and Australia. The illustration shows his present navigator, Captain P. G. Taylor (left), and, on the right, Messrs Lyon (navigator) and Warner (wireless operator), who were with him on his first venture in 1928 and were at San Francisco to greet the famous airman on landing from Honolulu. Above Map of route taken on the present flight.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 291, 7 November 1934, Page 4
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85NOTED FLIERS WHO HAVE CROSSED THE PACIFIC.—Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is the only airman in the world to date to fly the Pacific Ocean both ways, between America and Australia. The illustration shows his present navigator, Captain P. G. Taylor (left), and, on the right, Messrs Lyon (navigator) and Warner (wireless operator), who were with him on his first venture in 1928 and were at San Francisco to greet the famous airman on landing from Honolulu. Above Map of route taken on the present flight. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 291, 7 November 1934, Page 4
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