Kingsford Smith and Ulm’s flight to Australia was a long-distance journey completed on June 9, 1928. The book records it in an explanatory historical note, giving the route, aircraft, crew, and staged timings rather than narrating the flight as a scene in the main story.

Route and Timing

The four-person party covered 7,316 miles from the United States to Australia, traveling by way of Hawaii and Fiji. They left San Francisco on May 31. The first leg to Honolulu took 27 hours; they continued to Fiji on June 3, arriving after a further 34 hours. The final leg to Australia lasted 21 hours, completing the journey on June 9.

Aircraft and Crew

The flight was made in a Fokker F.VIIb-3m. Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm were accompanied by James Warner, the radio operator, and Harry Lyon, the navigator. The note presents the journey as a coordinated undertaking, identifying the crew’s roles alongside the aircraft and route.

Place in the Book

The event appears in an endnote as historical context, with precise dates and flight durations. Its compressed itinerary gives the reader a factual record of the journey: successive ocean-crossing legs, separated by named stops, culminating in arrival in Australia. The book does not develop the flight into a character episode or describe its reception; its significance here lies in the concise chronology and particulars preserved by the note.