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EHM-1749 Hector:
Close by the runway of Brisbane's Eagle Farm Airport in Queensland, Australia, there stands an impressive structure of glass and timber inside which is housed one of the world's most famous aeroplane: "The Southern Cross", a three-engined Fokker monoplane. It stands there as a tribute to the greatest of all Australia's pioneer aviators: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, or Smithy as he is known by all Australians.
The Southern Cross with Smithy and Charles Ulm made in 1929 the first Sydney, Australia to Croydon, England flight.

EHM-2097 Andrei:
This is true Hector, and this is why I  took care NOT TO USE the "Southern Cross" pictures to illustrate my first clue Fokker.

Actually I had not heard about the "Southern Cross" before starting to look for clue images for this event so thanks for posting this nice story.

However, we are NOT going to Australia (although my "other candidate" for this event was the London-Melbourne race)... Oops, did I let a tiny clue slip? Yes, but then it's a really tiny one :)

Andrei

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan:
Sorry, can't help myself digging:

- Commander Byrd explores 1200 nm of Antarctica in 1929 (24 hrs of daylight in December ;))
- Universal offers the first in-flight movie in 1929
- The 1929 world record non-stop London to India flight (~4000 nm, would be fun to track in some 20 legs ::))
- Alain Gerbault makes a round-the-world trip in a sailboat (would have to result in  a float plane tour...)
- The first US coast-to-coast air service is established in 1929. New York to L.A., with one overnight stop (but that would probably be too much like the airmail pioneers tour ;))
- LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin travels around the world from/to New Jersey that year (http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2009/09/around-world-with-graf-zeppelin-1929.html
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh makes her first solo flight in 1929
- Charles Lindbergh, on the other hand, makes a 10.000 nm air tour of South America in 1929
- US Army pilot James Doolittle makes the first 100% IFR flight in 1929
- Baron Huenefeld & K.G. Lindner attempted to fly around the world from Berlin in a Junkers W33L in 1929, but stranded in Tokyo
- Art Goebel flew the first non-stop around the world flight, with 7 in air refuelings in 1929 (Wichita-Wichita, KA)
- Friedrick Karl Baron Koenig-Warthausen traveled around the world with Atlantic and Pacific crossings per ship, from Berlin, but in a Daimler-Klemm L20B1. It was not untill some 75 years later that Fokker got taken over by DASA (Daimler Benz' aviation branch). Other than that I see no connection to Fokker ...

Phew ...
I'm done searching for today ;)

Can I buy a vowel?

E-J

EHM-2097 Andrei:
Wow Eric-Jan, this IS digging.And this is leading us far, far away from the event :)


--- Quote from: EHM-2387 Eric-Jan on December 05, 2009, 09:56:26 am ---Can I buy a vowel?

--- End quote ---

No, of course  ;D , but you can get a new clue for free:

Details
I have a strong feeling this is my last clue. From now it's just a matter of connecting the dots.

Anyway, when the whole truth will be revealed, I will also explain each clue in the context (otherwise you may think I just posted random pics from the Internet :) )

Andrei

EHM-1507 Manuel:
Hm, Fokker is from the Netherlands, KLM is from the Netherlands and as far as I know, Batavia is the latin name of the Netherlands.... (althaugh Batavia Air is from Indonesia  :) )

So I think it has something to do with the Netherlands?????   ;D  ???  ;D

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