{"id":7746265,"date":"2026-07-29T13:29:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/kingsford-smith-southern-cross-first-trans-pacific-1928\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:32:55","slug":"kingsford-smith-southern-cross-primer-viaje-transpacifico-de-1928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/kingsford-smith-southern-cross-first-trans-pacific-1928\/","title":{"rendered":"El australiano que fue el primero en volar el Pac\u00edfico"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<p>En la primavera de 1928, el Oc\u00e9ano Pac\u00edfico segu\u00eda siendo, en t\u00e9rminos aeron\u00e1uticos, un vac\u00edo. Nadie hab\u00eda volado jam\u00e1s un avi\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de \u00e9l. Las distancias eran monstruosas, el clima impredecible y la navegaci\u00f3n \u2014sobre miles de millas de agua vac\u00eda sin puntos de referencia\u2014 rozaba la inc\u00f3gnita. Entonces, un australiano corpulento y sonriente llamado Charles Kingsford Smith apunt\u00f3 un trimotor de fabricaci\u00f3n holandesa llamado <em>Cruz del Sur<\/em> Parti\u00f3 sobre el agua en Oakland, California, y vol\u00f3 hasta Brisbane. Ser\u00eda el primer vuelo transpac\u00edfico de la historia.<\/p>\n<p>Fueron ochenta y tres horas de vuelo, tres etapas agotadoras y una violenta tormenta que casi acaba con ellos. Al final, &quot;Smithy&quot; y su tripulaci\u00f3n hab\u00edan logrado algo que nadie hab\u00eda conseguido antes: hab\u00edan realizado el primer vuelo transpac\u00edfico y cruzado el oc\u00e9ano m\u00e1s grande del mundo por aire.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0;font-weight:700;font-size:18px;color:#222;\">Datos clave: El primer vuelo transpac\u00edfico<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.7;\">\n<li><strong>Aeronave:<\/strong> Fokker F.VIIb\/3m <em>Cruz del Sur<\/em>, tres motores Wright J-5 Whirlwind<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multitud:<\/strong> Charles Kingsford Smith (piloto), Charles Ulm (copiloto), Harry Lyon (navegante, EE. UU.), James Warner (operador de radio, EE. UU.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ruta:<\/strong> Oakland \u2022 Haw\u00e1i \u2022 Fiyi \u2022 Brisbane<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distancia:<\/strong> Aproximadamente 7400 millas (11 900 km) en unas 83 horas de vuelo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fechas:<\/strong> Parti\u00f3 el 31 de mayo de 1928; aterriz\u00f3 en Brisbane el 9 de junio de 1928.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recepci\u00f3n:<\/strong> Aproximadamente 25.000 en Brisbane; 300.000 en S\u00eddney al d\u00eda siguiente.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un avi\u00f3n de segunda mano y el dinero de otras personas<\/h2>\n<p>El <em>Cruz del Sur<\/em> El avi\u00f3n ten\u00eda un pasado complicado antes de que Smithy lo pilotara. El trimotor Fokker hab\u00eda sido construido para el explorador polar Sir Hubert Wilkins, result\u00f3 da\u00f1ado, fue reconstruido y finalmente vendido a Kingsford Smith. Las reparaciones le costaron una fortuna, as\u00ed que el avi\u00f3n fue comprado por el magnate petrolero californiano George Allan Hancock, quien luego se lo prest\u00f3 a la tripulaci\u00f3n para la traves\u00eda. Kingsford Smith lo equip\u00f3 con tres fiables motores radiales Wright J-5 Whirlwind y un dep\u00f3sito de combustible suficiente para intentar lo imposible.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:24px 0;\"><img data-opt-id=1249159241  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/southern-cross-fokker-fvii-trimotor.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\" alt=\"El Southern Cross, el primer avi\u00f3n en realizar un vuelo transpac\u00edfico, era un trimotor de dise\u00f1o holand\u00e9s con un ala en voladizo enormemente gruesa, la misma configuraci\u00f3n que se utiliz\u00f3 en otros vuelos r\u00e9cord de la d\u00e9cada de 1920.\"><figcaption style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;text-align:center;\">El Fokker F.VIIb\/3m Southern Cross, un trimotor de dise\u00f1o holand\u00e9s con un ala en voladizo enormemente gruesa, la misma configuraci\u00f3n que se utiliz\u00f3 para otros vuelos r\u00e9cord de la d\u00e9cada de 1920.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kingsford Smith no era un aventurero novato. Veterano de Gallipoli y antiguo piloto del Cuerpo A\u00e9reo Real, llevaba a\u00f1os realizando exhibiciones a\u00e9reas, transportando correo a\u00e9reo y batiendo r\u00e9cords. El Pac\u00edfico era, sencillamente, el mayor premio que le quedaba por ganar.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px;\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 8px 0;color:#222;line-height:1.5;\">\u201c\u00a1Hola, australianos!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-weight:600;color:#1565c0;\">Charles Kingsford Smith<span style=\"font-weight:400;color:#666;\"> \u2014 Piloto y comandante, Cruz del Sur<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ese alegre saludo, pronunciado al bajar de la cabina en Eagle Farm, en Brisbane, se convirti\u00f3 en una de las frases m\u00e1s famosas de la historia australiana. Pero llegar hasta all\u00ed no hab\u00eda sido nada f\u00e1cil.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Tres piernas a trav\u00e9s de un oc\u00e9ano vac\u00edo<\/h2>\n<p>La primera etapa, de Oakland a Wheeler Field en Haw\u00e1i, cubri\u00f3 2406 millas y dur\u00f3 m\u00e1s de 27 horas. La segunda, de Haw\u00e1i a Suva, Fiyi, fue la m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil: 3167 millas de oc\u00e9ano Pac\u00edfico abierto, el vuelo sobre el mar m\u00e1s largo jam\u00e1s intentado, que culmin\u00f3 con el primer aterrizaje de avi\u00f3n jam\u00e1s realizado en Fiyi. La tripulaci\u00f3n vol\u00f3 durante m\u00e1s de 34 horas, gran parte del tiempo a ciegas, pilotando a mano bajo la lluvia, con la radio averiada y los instrumentos como \u00fanica gu\u00eda.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:24px 0;\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJxhuF18jHw\" title=\"V\u00eddeo de YouTube\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;\">Noticiero de British Path\u00e9 que conmemora los vuelos r\u00e9cord de Southern Cross y Kingsford Smith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>El \u00faltimo tramo, de Fiyi a Brisbane, fue el m\u00e1s duro: una violenta tormenta tropical, rayos que desorientaron la br\u00fajula, el trimotor cabeceando y quedando a escasos metros sobre las olas. Kingsford Smith describi\u00f3 posteriormente la furia de aquel temporal en t\u00e9rminos crudos.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px;\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 8px 0;color:#222;line-height:1.5;\">\u201cLa mejor muestra que puedo darles de la ferocidad de la tormenta es el hecho de que nuestras h\u00e9lices se desprendieron en media pulgada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-weight:600;color:#d32f2f;\">Charles Kingsford Smith<span style=\"font-weight:400;color:#666;\"> \u2014 Recordando la tormenta de la traves\u00eda del Pac\u00edfico<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Salieron volando, avistaron la costa australiana y aterrizaron en Eagle Farm a las 10:50 de la ma\u00f1ana del 9 de junio de 1928. La multitud era enorme. Al d\u00eda siguiente volaron a S\u00eddney y aterrizaron ante unas 300.000 personas.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:24px 0;\"><img data-opt-id=833749050  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/kingsford-smith-ulm-mascot-1928-scaled.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\" alt=\"Kingsford Smith (izquierda) y el copiloto Charles Ulm tras el vuelo transpac\u00edfico. Ambos fundar\u00edan juntos una aerol\u00ednea australiana.\"><figcaption style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;text-align:center;\">Kingsford Smith (izquierda) y el copiloto Charles Ulm tras el vuelo transpac\u00edfico. Ambos fundar\u00edan juntos una aerol\u00ednea australiana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Caballero del cielo<\/h2>\n<p>El vuelo convirti\u00f3 a Kingsford Smith en un h\u00e9roe nacional y una celebridad internacional. Fue nombrado comodoro honorario de la Real Fuerza A\u00e9rea Australiana, recibi\u00f3 la Cruz de la Fuerza A\u00e9rea y, posteriormente, fue nombrado caballero. Junto con Ulm, fund\u00f3 Australian National Airways y sigui\u00f3 batiendo r\u00e9cords: el primer vuelo trans-Tasmania a Nueva Zelanda, un vuelo rel\u00e1mpago entre Inglaterra y Australia, y muchos m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:24px 0;\"><img data-opt-id=1222853864  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/charles-kingsford-smith-portrait.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\" alt=\"Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, alrededor de 1930. Para los australianos, simplemente era &quot;Smithy&quot;.\u201c\"><figcaption style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;text-align:center;\">Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, alrededor de 1930. Para los australianos, simplemente era &quot;Smithy&quot;.\u201c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Su suerte se acab\u00f3 en noviembre de 1935. Volando el Lockheed Altair <em>Cruz del Sur de la Dama<\/em> En un vuelo nocturno desde la India hacia Singapur, Kingsford Smith y su copiloto Tommy Pethybridge desaparecieron sobre el mar de Andam\u00e1n. Ten\u00eda 38 a\u00f1os. El original <em>Cruz del Sur<\/em> Le sobrevivi\u00f3 y hoy se conserva en un monumento conmemorativo construido expresamente para ello en el aeropuerto de Brisbane, que lleva su nombre.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:24px 0;\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/60ScMqVfF60\" title=\"V\u00eddeo de YouTube\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;\">La Cruz del Sur conservada, expuesta en el monumento conmemorativo Kingsford Smith del aeropuerto de Brisbane.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:24px 0;\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ujJ5rk5PJS0\" title=\"V\u00eddeo de YouTube\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;\">Un vistazo m\u00e1s de cerca a la Cruz del Sur y al monumento que alberga los aviones que cruzaron el Pac\u00edfico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#666;margin-top:24px;\">Fuentes: Este d\u00eda en la aviaci\u00f3n; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nma.gov.au\/defining-moments\/resources\/charles-kingsford-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museo Nacional de Australia<\/a>; Biblioteca Estatal de Queensland; Ases Volando Alto. Distancias y tiempos seg\u00fan registros contempor\u00e1neos.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px;margin:28px 0;border-radius:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0;font-weight:700;color:#222;\">Relacionado en Afterburner<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wiley-post-first-solo-around-the-world-pressure-suit\/\">El piloto tuerto que dio la vuelta al mundo solo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/pacific-clipper-round-the-world-1941-1942\/\">El Pan Am Clipper que vol\u00f3 a casa por el camino m\u00e1s largo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/beryl-markham-first-woman-atlantic-east-west-1936\/\">La mujer que cruz\u00f3 el Atl\u00e1ntico por las malas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En 1928, Charles \u201cSmithy\u201d Kingsford Smith vol\u00f3 el trimotor Fokker Southern Cross a trav\u00e9s del Pac\u00edfico, una distancia de 7400 millas y 83 horas que nadie hab\u00eda cruzado por aire antes.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7746034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[665,666],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7746265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-world","category-history-and-legends"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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