Clearly a posed photograph, Smithy appears most uncomfortable as he pretends to eat his lunch atop the Lady Southern Cross. The photo was taken at the Lockheed factory at Burbank probably circa August 1935 as the engineless Altair was being prepared the the planned England-Australia flight. Picture: World Wide Photos / Los Angeles Bureau by permission of the National Library of Australia (LOS #53389 S /10/35)
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