Read Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men Online
Authors: Peter Fitzsimons
5
ibid.
6
‘Death of Nellie Stewart’,
Argus
, 22 June 1931.
7
Argus
, 24 June 1931.
8
Campbell, Eric,
The Rallying Point: My Story of the New Guard
, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1965, p. 100.
9
Kingsford Smith, op. cit., p. 202.
10
‘My Co-Pilot was Called Death’,
Liberty Magazine
, 28 December 1935.
11
‘Kingsford Smith Reaches England, Story of the Flight’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 9 October 1931.
12
McNally, Ward,
The Man on the Twenty Dollar Note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
, A & A Reed, Sydney, 1976, p. 119.
13
ibid., p. 119.
14
‘My Co-Pilot was Called Death’,
Liberty Magazine
, 28 December 1935.
15
‘Kingsford Smith, Delay at Athens’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 5 October 1931.
16
‘Speed Record 408.8 Miles an Hour’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 1 October 1931.
17
‘Kingsford Smith, Overdue at Marseilles’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 8 October 1931.
18
ibid.
19
Rogers, Ellen,
Faith In Australia: Charles Ulm And Australian Aviation
, Book Production Services, Sydney, 1987, p. 74.
20
‘Air Liner Crashes in Siam, Col. Brinsmead Injured’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 8 December 1931.
21
ibid.
22
Taylor, Sir Gordon, ‘Kingsford Smith as I Remember Him’, Sir Hudson Fysh Papers, Mitchell Library, ML MSS 2413, Box 10, K21829, ca. 1817-1974.
23
Rogers, op. cit., p. 52.
24
‘Southern Star, Arrival in England’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 17 December 1931.
25
‘Hinkler at the Royal Aero Club’,
Flight
, December 1931 (Vol. XXIII).
26
‘Mr Bert Hinkler, South Atlantic Flight, Most Hazardous of his Career’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 5 December 1931.
27
Sprigg, C. St John,
Great Flights
, London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1936, p. 86.
28
‘Mr Hinkler Successful Flight’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 30 November 1931.
29
ibid.
30
‘Mr Hinkler Story of Flight’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 8 December 1931.
31
Mackenzie, Roy D.,
Solo: The Bert Hinkler Story
, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979, p. 110.
32
ibid., p. 92.
33
‘Hinkler at the Royal Aero Club’,
Flight
, December 1931 (Vol. XXIII).
34
Purvis, Harry and Priest, Joan,
Outback Airman
, Rigby, Adelaide, 1979, p. 15.
35
ibid., p. 12
36
‘Sir “Smithy” Intrepid Airman Here’,
Canberra Times
, 4 June 1932.
37
Wixted, Edward P.,
The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith: An Illustrated Chronology
, private source, Queensland, 1996, p. 140.
38
‘Sir “Smithy” Intrepid Airman Here’,
Canberra Times
, 4 June 1932.
39
Wixted, op. cit., p. 140.
40
Purvis and Priest, op. cit., p. 20.
41
Wixted, Edward P.,
The Last Flight of Bert Hinkler
, Vantage Press, New York, 1992, p. 10.
42
‘Seeing “Smithy” off’,
Kiama Independent
, 14 January 1933.
43
Taylor, op. cit.
44
‘Seeing “Smithy” off’,
Kiama Independent
, 14 January 1933.
45
Priest, Elaine; Bellini, Bruce; Dobson, Peter and Lockstone, Brian (eds),
Bell Block: A Local Aviation History
, New Plymouth Aero Club, New Plymouth, 2003, p. 28.
46
Purvis and Priest, op. cit., p. 25.
47
Wixted,
The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith,
op. cit., p. 153.
48
Mackersey, Ian,
Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Little, Brown, London, 1999, p. 292.
49
Davis, Pedr,
Charles Kingsford Smith: Smithy, The World’s Greatest Aviator
, Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1985, p. 17.
50
‘Joyriding Flights, Smithy Makes Money’,
Northern Territory Times
, 10 June 1932.
51
Purvis and Priest, op. cit., p. 17.
52
Priest, et al., op. cit., p. 18f.
53
Kingsford Smith, op. cit., p. 154.
54
Mackersey, op. cit., p. 279f.
55
Mackenzie, op. cit., p. 119.
56
Wixted,
The Last Flight of Bert Hinkler
, op. cit., p. 49.
Chapter Seventeen: Troubles
1
McNally, Ward,
The Man on the Twenty Dollar Note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
, A & A Reed, Sydney, 1976, p. 156.
2
Purvis, Harry and Priest, Joan,
Outback Airman
, Rigby, Adelaide, 1979, p. 10.
3
Australian Hansard, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 4 July 1933.
4
Bird, Nancy,
My God, It’s A Woman!,
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1990, p. 31.
5
‘Mail in Ten Days, London to Sydney’,
Brisbane Courier Mail,
16 October 1933.
6
Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles,
My Flying Life: An Authentic Biography Prepared under the Personal Supervision of and from the Diaries and Papers of the Late Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
, Andrew Melrose, London, 1937, p. 236.
7
‘Suva Landing Spectacular’,
New York Times
, 6 June 1928.
8
Wixted, Edward P.,
The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith: An Illustrated Chronology
, private source, Queensland, 1996, p. 141.
9
ibid.
10
‘Aviation, Kingsford Smith’s Flight’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 5 October 1933.
11
Sheil, Beau,
Caesar of the Skies: The Life Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Cassell, London, 1937, p. 138f.
12
McNally, Ward, op. cit., p. 141.
13
‘To Australia in 7 Days, Record Broken’,
The Times
, 12 October 1933.
14
‘League Team’s Message’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 13 October 1933.
15
‘Kingsford Smith Enthusiast Welcome in Sydney’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 16 October 1933.
16
Kingsford Smith, op. cit., p. 241.
17
Stannage, John,
Smithy
, Oxford University Press, London, 1950, p. 7.
18
McNally, op. cit., p. 25.
19
‘Grant of £5,000 or a Job, Kingsford Smith, Federal Cabinet Proposal’,
Courier-Mail,
19 October 1933.
20
Gunn, John,
The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919–1939
, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1988, p. 195.
21
McMaster, Fergus to Hudson Fysh, 23 April 1934, Hudson Fysh Papers, Mitchell Library, Sydney.
22
McNally, op. cit., p. 143.
23
Kingsford Smith, op. cit., p. 241.
24
‘Qantas Australian Air Mail Successful Tenders’,
The Times
, 20 April 1934.
25
‘Brisbane Is Air Mail Terminal’,
Courier-Mail
, 20 April 1934.
26
‘Kingsford Smith’s Disappointment’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 21 April 1934.
27
McGinness, Paul to Hudson Fysh, 23 April 1934, Hudson Fysh Papers, Mitchell Library, Sydney.
28
Mackersey, Ian,
Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Little, Brown, London, 1999, p. 306.
29
Swinson, Arthur,
The Great Air Race
, Cassell, London, 1968, p. 7.
30
Kingsford Smith, op. cit., p. 242.
31
This Fabulous Century
, TV series, 1979, Peter Luck.
32
‘To Australia in 7 Days, Record Broken’,
The Times
, 12 October 1933.
33
‘His Cards On the Table’,
Smith’s Weekly
, 13 October 1934.
34
ibid.
35
Taylor, Sir Gordon,
The Sky Beyond
, Cassell, Melbourne, 1963, p. 48.
36
http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/altair/h1gross.htm A letter written on 28 August 1934 by Robert E. Gross, the president of Lockheed, to one Carter Tiffany, who is believed to have been an east coast representative of Lockheed.