Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / T.Gwynn-Jones - A matter of honour

Japan suspended its transpacific project in July 1928, following Charles Kingsford Smith’s pioneering crossing. Beneath “Smithy’s” low-flying Fokker F.VIIB-3m Southern Cross, British pilot Fred A. Giles is swinging the compass of his Hess Bluebird Wanda at Mills Field, San Francisco. Brisbane-based Giles was preparing to fly solo across the Pacific. Fortunately his wild scheme never materialised.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fokker F.VII / C-2 / F.XIV - НидерландыNetherlands - 1924