Fiji – aircraft on stamps – Part III  

Hello  just showing one of the 4 stamps issued in 1968 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Kingsford Smith’s Pacific flight  which  landed in Suva.  Only one because I see no relevance to the 1928 flight  in the other three stamps  Nice stamps but for other  events.

The “Southern Cross” was a Fokker FVIIB-3m three-engined monoplane.  Kingsford-Smith and his crew  flew what was a record breaking flight across the Pacific from the USA to Australia with stops at Honolulu and Fiji. The aircraft landed on Albert Park cricket ground in Suva.

I could not possibly express in a few words the flight so I recommend a read of this from the Australia National Archives.  You can feel you are flying with them.  https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/46021267

Michael  cddstamps.com …. Please visit my online store https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps    where I have some interesting aviation related covers and stamps.