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Dec 15, 2010 04:11 | #1

Adelaide boy born and bread and never knew our place in aviation history. A local does good.
Sir Ross Smith was born in Semaphore, South Australia.
He was the first person to fly from England to Australia.

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Dec 15, 2010 18:16 | #2

And it looks as if it only took about a month to do it! :shock:

I shudder to think what some of these aviation pioneers undertook "back in the day."

Looks like quite the monument. Might be worth another try when the dynamic range isn't working so much against you.

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Dec 15, 2010 23:44 | #3

Yes morning would be better than late afternoon. I just happend to be in the area.

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Dec 16, 2010 00:25 | #4

Desertraptor wrote in post #11460887

Yes morning would be better than late afternoon. I just happend to be in the area.

haha Pete.
You've misinterpreted Jay.
He wasn't talking about how long it took to build the monument, (although that was my first thought) but how how long it took to make the flight - Nov 12 - Dec 10.

By the way, where is that?

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Dec 16, 2010 02:44 | #5

Hi Phil
It's just over the road from the Torrens as you head into the Adelaide oval.

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Dec 16, 2010 09:48 | #6

philwillmedia wrote in post #11461063

LOL !! . . . sorta had me buffalo'd too !

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Dec 17, 2010 23:56 | #7

I think I am missing something?
I'm pretty certain Jay was talking about the complete lack of detail in the blown out sky since the sun was setting

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Dec 18, 2010 00:09 | #8

I made comments about both the duration of the trip and the extreme dynamic range.

Why are we confuzed?

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Dec 18, 2010 00:31 | #9

Beats me Jay.
1 month to fly from England to Australia... Check
Completely blown sky... Check

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