ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48533
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 10-JAN-1928 |
| Time: | Day |
| Type: | Ryan B-1 Brougham |
| Operator: | Moncrieff and Hood |
| Registration: | G-AUNZ |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sydney |
| Wellington |
Two former World War One pilots, Captain George Hood and Lieutenant John Moncrieff were attempting to make the very first flight between Australia and New Zealand, a journey of 1,450 miles across the Tasman sea.
They took off from Richmond, Sydney, at 0514 NZ time on 10/1/28 bound for Trentham racecourse, a few miles north of Wellington. The flight was estimated to take about 14 hours.
At 1215 a Wireless Telegraphy signal was received from the Ryan indicating that all was well. At this point they would have been about halfway across the Tasman Sea.
No further messages were heard and the plane failed to arrive in New Zealand.
Its fate remains a mystery to this day.
The governments of both Australia and New Zealand disapproved of the flight, considering it to be too risky, but neither government had the power to prevent it.
George Hood and John Moncrieff R.I.P.
Sources:
1. Bowling, Kerri. Aviator's family plot restored. Wairarapa Times-Age. 2009-04-17. (archived at http://www.webcitation.org/5g6Ac3gru)
http://www.findlostaircraft.co.nz/g-aunz.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2008 11:13 | angels one five | Added |
| 27-Nov-2008 11:47 | angels one five | Updated |
| 17-Apr-2009 02:08 | XLerate | Updated |
| 16-May-2010 01:55 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2011 11:24 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Dec-2011 01:41 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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