Re: 75th Anniversary of First Transpacific Flight... -
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Published on: 5/31/2003
Last Visited: 8/31/2003
Peter Frank, Australian Consul General.
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Peter Frank, Consul General, Australia
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é, Washington, D.C. : Dr. Narayan R. Raju, Fiji Honorary Consul General. : Peter Frank, Australian Consul General. : : Dear Guests, : A brand new Qantas Boeing 737-800 will retrace the original transpacific flight of 1928.
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Question & answer period. : 3:15 PM- : Adjourn for afternoon to go to Kaiser Air Terminal and watch the departure of Qantas 737 to retrace the original flight : : : EVENING PROGRAM : 6:30 PM- : No host Cocktails in the Western Aerospace Museum hangar : 7:30 PM- : Catered dinner in the hangar (roast lamb and apple pie) , Australian wine : 8:30 PM- : Introductions - Ron Reuther : 8:35 PM- : Qantas speaker : 8:40 PM- : 25th Anniversary film, a video of the crossing that includes significant footage of Lyon and Warner and some original footage of the flight in 1928 : 8:55 PM- : Stephen Grossman, Dir. of Aviation, Port of Oakland, : 9:05 PM- : Ed Badt, I Flew With Kingsford Smith : 9:15 PM- : Elinor Smith, I Knew Kingsford Smith : 9:25 PM- : Charles Ulm, My Grandfather : 9:35 PM- : Charles Kingsford Smith, My Father : 9:45 PM- : Wing Commander A. J. McCormick, Royal Australian Air Force : 9:55 PM- : Dr. Narayan Raju, Honorary Consul General, Fiji : 10:05 PM- : Peter Frank, Consul General, A