‘Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (centre) with his specially designed Southern Cross car, Mascot Aerodrome, Sydney on June 6, 1933,’ recorded the Sydney Morning Herald.
‘The car was the first chassis-less – unitary or monocoque construction – Kingsford Smith was in the process of raising additional capital for the project at the time of his disappearance over the Bay of Bengal in 1935 (9/2/1897-8/11/1935).’
‘The Southern Cross was produced in Sydney by Marks Motor Construction Pty Ltd, of which Kingsford Smith was a director.’
Smithy’s ‘Southern Cross’ was a Fokker F.VIIb trimotor monoplane powered by three 220 bhp Wright Whirlwind J-5 nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial engines.
See here on Smithy:https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kingsford-smith-sir-charles-edward-6964 and here on the car:https://historicvehicles.com.au/historic-car-brands/southern-cross-smithys-car/
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Staff photographer of the Sydney Morning Herald
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