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Southern Cross monoplane

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Southern Cross monoplane

In 1928, crowds flocked to Wigram airfield in Christchurch to see the arrival of the Southern Cross. The aircraft had just completed its pioneering flight across the Tasman Sea.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Southern Cross – A national icon, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7481/southern-cross-monoplane (accessed 7 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.