Captain P. G. Taylor, leader of the joint Australian-American survey flight of the Indian Ocean. One of the best known aviators Australia has produced, Captain Taylor was navigator for the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in several of the latter’s epic flights. It was Captain Taylor who, when the Southern Cross, on a trans-Tasman attempt, was 500 miles off the Australian coast, gallantly climbed along a wing when a blockage occurred in the fuel supply. He drained the tank into a suitcase and filtered sufficient oil into the bearings to keep the engines running until a safe return was made to Australia. He navigated the Southern Cross on the flight from America to Australia and also Ulm’s machine in the Pacific crossing.

Northern Advocate, 5 June 1939, Page 4

Captain P. G. Taylor, leader of the joint Australian-American survey flight of the Indian Ocean. One of the best known aviators Australia has produced, Captain Taylor was navigator for the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in several of the latter’s epic flights. It was Captain Taylor who, when the Southern Cross, on a transTasman attempt, was 500 miles off the Australian coast, gallantly climbed along a wing when a blockage occurred in the fuel supply. He drained the tank into a suitcase and filtered sufficient oil into the bearings to keep the engines running until a safe return was made to Australia. He navigated the Southern Cross on the flight from America to Australia and also Ulm’s machine in the Pacific crossing.