Notes from W.E. Hunt on the navigation charts used by Harry Lyon in the 1928 crossing of the Pacific

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Note on Chart No. 2 on malfunctioning compass.

[Notes referring to Chart No. 3] on the significance of the chart in the flight, navigating the second half of the flight to Suva, Lyon noting guano at Enderbury, and ink smudges on the chart.

[Notes referring to Chart No. 3 continued] has biographical information about Lyon.

Note on Chart No. 4 (No. 7) on turbulence, the mountains of New Caledonia reminding him of the White Mountains near his home in Maine, and Lyon's sextant mishap. Notes in pen struck through with pencil.

Note on Chart No. 3 (No. 5) on Charles Kingsford Smith sighting Cape Undu, Suva landing and the rough Suva-Brisbane leg.

Note on Chart No. 5 (No. 8) on a storm and being off-course as a result. This note also appears to indicate that the National Library of Australia's copy of Fiji Islands, South Pacific Ocean : from surveys between 1854 and 1882 with additions from United States and Fiji Govt. surveys at https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8057057 was possibly given to Charles Kingsford Smith by Harry Lyon.

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