SOUTHERN CROSS PLANE
SMITH AND COMPANIONS BACK IN SYDNEY WARM WELCOME GIVEN SYDNEY, Sunday. The monoplane Southern Cross arrived at the Richmond Airdrome from Narramine, 300 miles north-west of Sydney, at 10.50 a.m. yesterday. It had flown the journey in less than two and a-half hours. A large crowd of people witnessed the arrival and the crew were given an enthusiastic welcome. The engines functioned perfectly, but the fabric and wings of the machine were in a bad state. Not only the monoplane but the four flyers presented a changed appearance when they landed. All bore evidence of the hazards and hardships to which they had been exposed in the month since they started on their attempt to fly to England. “How are you going, Smithy?” shouted someone whose voice was heard above the general clamour made by welcoming friends. “We are just about going,” replied Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith. The drawn faces of the men and the new lines graven upon them told more clearly than words how they suffered on their adventure. Their reunion with their families was of a graver and more touching character than any of their previous ones. “PRETTY TOUGH SPIN" "We have had a pretty tough spin,” said Smith. He added that all of them LfcL pmk That could be un-
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 649, 29 April 1929, Page 9
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216SOUTHERN CROSS PLANE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 649, 29 April 1929, Page 9
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