Herod
31st May 2018, 06:42
Ninety years ago today (31st May 1928) Sir Alan Cobham landed at Plymouth in a Short Singapore flying boat, having completed the first circumnavigation of Africa by flying boat.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1928/1928%20-%200505.html?search=cobham https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1928/1928%20-%200506.html
It was also the date, ninety years ago, when Kingsford Smith and crew departed Oakland in the Southern Cross at the start of their Trans-Pacific flight.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1928/1928%20-%200505.html?search=cobham https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1928/1928%20-%200506.html
It was also the date, ninety years ago, when Kingsford Smith and crew departed Oakland in the Southern Cross at the start of their Trans-Pacific flight.