| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | G-ABCF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 594/616 Avian |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 594/616 Avian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 616 Avian IVA |
| C/n (msn): | 467 |
| Aircraft Name: | Southern Cross Junior |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSSY IATA: SYD Local: YSSY Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1 February 1931 to 12 April 1931 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 125877 |
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Bought by famed aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, G-ABCF was used for record-breaking solo UK-Australia flight in October 1930. Smith sold it to Guy Menzies, who made first solo Australia-New Zealand flight in January 1931. Flight ended with G-ABCF on its back. Until then G-ABCF was a single seater with a fuel tank in front cockpit. Rebuilt as two seater. Crashed at Mascot airport (Sydney International) April 12, 1931, killing pilot and passenger. At time G-ABCF was a landplane. This Milton Kent photo showing it on floats remains unexplained but it might have been in connection with a planned flight to Japan that did not go ahead. Avian never took up allocated marks VH-UPT. This photo was added on 17 February 2019, and has since been viewed 672 times. |