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| | Famous Fokker Flights |
 | | In claiming ten lives, it had thoroughly soured the mood for ocean flights and as a result various sponsors withdrew their support. |
 | | The "Southern Cross" was flown to its birth place, the Fokker factory at Amsterdam, for a major overhaul, and while Ulm sailed back to Australia to direct further preparations for their airline, Kingsford-Smith first went to America, in view of their latest plan, an Atlantic crossing. |
 | | In Amsterdam, Kingsford-Smith found the "Southern Cross" in immaculate condition and asked Evert van Dijk, a very experienced pilot with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, to be his co-pilot. |
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