the 80th anniversary of the first flight between America and Australia / /
City
San Francisco / Paris / Honolulu / Oakland / Brisbane / Sydney / Suva / Canberra / Los Angeles / /
Company
Southern Cross / Dole / Boeing / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Myanmar / Egypt / France / Australia / United Kingdom / Fiji / United States / /
Currency
GBP / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / Person Travel / Employment Change / Product Issues / Product Recall / /
Facility
Kingsford Smith Airport / Brisbane Airport / Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport / National Library of Australia / Sydney airport / /
IndustryTerm
air services / oil magnate / food / motor car / navigation systems / non-stop air services / radio equipment / /
NaturalFeature
Australian coast / Andaman Sea / Fanning island / Phoenix island / /
Organization
Australian Imperial Force / Australian government / Australian Flying Corps / United States Army / United States Navy / New South Wales government / Royal Flying Corps / /
Person
Harry Lyon / Smithy Pond / Allan Hancock / Charles Kingsford Smith / James Warner / Charles Lindbergh / Anthony Fokker / George Hubert Wilkins / Jim Warner / Soon Captain Harry Lyon / Michael Jones / George Pond / Neil Armstrong / Stella Australis / Charles Ulm / Sidney Myer / Smithy / Ulm / /
Position
Captain / great commander / flying officer / qualified pilot / policeman / designer / pilot / Lieutenant / co-pilot / President of the United States / researcher and writer / /
Kingsford Smith and the first trans‑Pacific flight, 1928 Over 120 Boeing 747 non-stop air services fly to or from Australia and California, USA each week, and the flight takes around 14 hours. Over 30,000 people per we