H03530A
Photograph H03530A Period 1920-1929A port side view of the Vickers Viking amphibian aircraft in which Australian, Captain Ross MacPherson Smith intended to fly around the world. During an air test at Brooklands on 13 April 1922, the ai
H03532 Accession Number: H03532
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Weybridge, England. 1922-04-12. Sir Ross Macpherson Smith and Lieutenant Bennett, Australian Flying Corps, standing on a Vickers Viking Amphibian aircraft at the Vickers Company hangar. The crew of the aircraft was later killed when it crashed on 1922-04-14 during testing for Sir Ross Macpherson Smith's attempt to fly around the world. (Donor Vickers Ltd, London)
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H03532
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Colour: Black & white
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