K. Zimmerman Charles Kingsford-Smith and Evert van Dijk Southern Cross Flight Manuscript 1930
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Zimmerman, K. |
| Keywords |
Air plane |
| Current holder | |
| Series number |
28311 |
| Item number |
99283113402061 |
| Access rights |
Request at location |
| Rights |
In copyright, Unrestricted access. |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Period of reference |
1930 |
| Description from source |
0.01 linear metres, 10 original photographs inserted into the manuscript relate to the text. Two newspaper clippings in Dutch also are included. Bound manuscript (25 x 20 cm.) in German entitled “Personliche Erinnerungen an die Southern Cross und an die Kuhnen Ozeanflieger Kingsford-Smith & van Dijk” [Personal memories of the Southern Cross and the Daring Ocean-aviators Kingsford Smith and van Dijk]. An English translation of the manuscript is included in this collection. These memories relate to the flight undertaken by Charles Kingsford-Smith, Evert van Dijk and Saul Smith, in the Fokker F. VIIb-3m Southern Cross from Portmarnock in Ireland across the Atlantic Ocean to New York, in June 1930. |
| Physical format |
Manuscripts Photographs Typescripts |
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