Charles Ulm

Charles Ulm
Ulm in 1928
Born(1898-10-18)18 October 1898
Died3 December 1934(1934-12-03) (aged 36)
Cause of deathDisappeared during flight
NationalityAustralian
Known forTrans-Pacific flight
Setting the speed record from England to Australia at 6 days, 17 hours and 56 minutes
AwardsAir Force Cross

Charles Thomas Philippe Ulm AFC (18 October 1898 – 3 December 1934) was a pioneer Australian aviator. He partnered with Charles Kingsford Smith in achieving a number of aviation firsts, serving as Kingsford Smith's co-pilot on the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand. He and two others disappeared near Hawaii in 1934 while undertaking a test flight for an air service between Australia and the United States.

Ulm was a member of the fascist New Guard.[1]

  1. ^ Campbell, Eric (1965), The Rallying Point: My Story of the New Guard, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, p. 100