Person
Ulm, Charles Thomas Philippe (1898 - 1934)
- Born
- 18 October 1898
Middle Park, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 3 December 1934
at sea - Occupation
- Aviator
Summary
Charles Thomas P. Ulm circumnavigated Australia in 1927 with Charles Kingsford Smith (qv) in 10 days and 5 hours, more than halving the record. In 1928 they made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States of America to Australia, for which they were both awarded the Air Force Cross. Later that year they made the first trans-Tasman flight, from Sydney to Christchurch, New Zealand and in December they formed Australian National Airways Ltd, which went into liquidation in February 1933.
In 1934 he was lost at sea between California and Hawaii.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- McCarthy, John, 'Ulm, Charles Thomas Philippe (1898-1934), aviator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 302-303. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120337b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3431081. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/31843214. Details
- 'Ulm, C T P (1897-1934)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-576337. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_u.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 5 February 2010
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