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A full-sized flying reproduction of the Southern Cross was built in South Australia between 1980 and 1987, and is the largest known reproduction aircraft in the world. [20] Sergeant Anthony Lohrey of the Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) oversaw its construction.
Southern Cross Route is a term for passenger flights from Australasia (or Oceania) to Europe via the Western Hemisphere. The term was coined by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines when they began services from Sydney to Vancouver in 1949.
The Southern Cross landed at Eagle Farm Airport in Brisbane, Australia, on 9 June [2] before a crowd of 25,000 people. [3] [4] [5] They flew to Sydney the following day. James W. Warner and Charles Kingsford Smith on arrival, Brisbane, 9 June 1928. The flight of the Southern Cross marked the first successful use of radio on a long
The Airport Flyover is a four lane, 750-metre (2,460 ft) long cantilever bridge over the Southern Cross Way overpass. Construction began in April 2009. Construction began in April 2009. The total cost for the roundabout upgrade cost A$327 million and it was designed and built by a Thiess / John Holland Group joint venture . 10 minutes of travel ...
Pictures from Texas, Florida, Mississippi, and more show snow blanketing normally coastal areas; see the pictures here. Texas A snowman in Zilker Park Tuesday January 21, 2025.
(Reuters) -A pilot and two people on the ground were killed after a small plane crashed into and demolished a mobile home in Clearwater, Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on ...
A model of the Lady Southern Cross on display near Brisbane Airport. The Lady Southern Cross was a Lockheed Altair monoplane owned by Australian pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. In this aircraft, Kingsford Smith made the first eastward trans-Pacific flight from Australia to the United States, in October and November of 1934.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the plane also struck a car and a pickup truck on the highway. The jet was carrying five people, according to both the NTSB and the Federal Aviation Administration.