Lester Brain interviewed by Fred Morton for the Fred Morton collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2950691
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Brain, Lester, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
-
- 1977
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 258 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half-track ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Fred Morton collection.
- Summary:
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REEL 3, SIDE 1. Captain Lester Brain, pioneer of Qantas and former head of TAA, about Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian aviation pioneer, talks about first meeting with Kingsford-Smith and Ulm during circumnavigation of Australia 1927; second meeting with Kingsford-Smith and Ulm in Brisbane after Pacific flight of 1928; significance of first trans-Pacific flight; problem of landing and take-off in Fiji; problems associated with Catalina flights in 1941 from U.S.A. to Australia; Kingsford-Smith's various business ventures; views on Australian National Airways operations; attitude of Government and Governmental subsidies in 1920's; Qantas; 1929 search for Southern Cross and the Committee of Enquiry; the Kookaburra search; the Lady Southern Cross search expedition.
Side 2. Merits of Scotty Allan; description of DH 86 and problems, including directional instability; DH 86B; inauguration of airmail to England in 1934; problems of weather while flying; Qantas and the DH 86; Scotty Allan and fuel records; Qantas pilots flying DH 86's in New Guinea during wartime to airlift supplies; Mt. Hagen rescue operation with DH 86's under Denny; official commendation of Qantas pilots. Reel 4 side 1. Continuation of official commendation of Qantas pilots.
- Notes:
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- Recording begins on Reel 3, side 1.
- This is part of a collection of interviews concerning Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221877861
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Aviators
- Other authors/contributors:
- Morton, Fred, 1930-1993, interviewer
- Related Records:
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