| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC1985 |
| Alternate Registration: | 1985 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.VII |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.VII |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.VIIb-3m |
| C/n (msn): | 4954 |
| Aircraft Name: | Southern Cross |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YBBN IATA: BNE Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial |
| Photo Date: | 17 May 1998 |
| Photo by: | Andy Anderson |
| Photo ID: | 564897 |
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Built in 1925 for Australian arctic explorer George Hubert Wilkins as NC1985. Bought by Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm sans engines and instruments on 31 Oct 1927 for the first crossing of the Pacific by air in 1928 - still registered as NC1985. Re-registered G-AUSU on 04 Jul 1928. Re-registered VH-USU in January 1929 but lapsed 3 Jul 1929. Renewed on 16 Apr 1931. Used on various other record-breaking flights or more mundane duties, it was eventually sold to the Australian Government in July 1935. In 1958, it was put on display at the original Brisbane's Eagle Farm airport before being moved to the present site circa 1989. This photo is copyright © Andy Anderson, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 April 2023, and has since been viewed 99 times. |