Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men (101 page)
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Authors: Peter Fitzsimons
Just what got into Wilkinson that day? I don’t think there can be any doubt. Surely, the spirit of Smithy…
Pages vii-viii
1
Brogden, Stanley,
The History of Australian Aviation
, Hawthorne Press, Melbourne, 1960, p. 101.
2
Taylor, Captain Sir Gordon, ‘Kingsford Smith as I Remember Him’, Hudson Fysh Papers, ca. 1817-1974, ML MSS 2413, Box 10, K21829, Mitchell Library, Sydney.
3
Written 3 September 1941, aged seventeen.
Chapter 1: In the Beginning…
1
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. 15.
2
Wordsworth, William, ‘The Prelude’, Book XI, 1.108, 1850.
3
Ellison, Norman,
Daredevils of the Skies
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1941, p. 27.
4
Chanute, Octave, letter to Francis Wenham, 13 September 1892, Chanute Letterpress books (1860–1910), Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington.
5
Flight: The Aircraft Engineer and Airships
, Vol. 67, 12 November 1954, St Martin’s Publishing Co., London, p. 703.
6
Chanute, Octave,
Progress in Flying Machines
, Dover Publications, New York, 1997, p. 218.
7
English, Dave,
Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight
, poem ‘High Flight’, J.G. Magee, Jnr, RCAF, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998, p. 1.
8
Shaw, W. Hudson and Ruhen, Olaf,
Lawrence Hargrave: Aviation Pioneer, Inventor and Explorer
, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1988, p. 81.
9
http://www.kitehistory.com/Miscellaneous/Hargrave.htm
10
Adams, Michael,
Wind Beneath his Wing: Lawrence Hargrave at Stanwell Park
, Cultural Exchange International, New South Wales, 2005, p. 129.
11
Hargrave, Lawrence to Octave Chanute, 2 December 1892, Lawrence Hargrave Archive: Flying Machine Vol. 1892-95, pp. 29-30, FM4/1057, Mitchell Library, Sydney.
12
Sealby, Winifred Kingsford,
Recollections: Personal and Scenic; Our Dumb Friends
, (Australian Library Collections, Record ID 5583222), 1951, p. 16.
13
ibid., p. 17.
14
ibid., p. 18.
15
ibid., p. 19.
16
Ellison, Norman,
Flying Matilda: Early Days in Australian Aviation
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957, p. 197.
17
‘Flight to Fiji’,
The Times
, 6 June 1928.
18
Sealby, op. cit., p. 17.
19
Adams, op. cit., p. 103.
20
Mackersey, Ian,
The Wright Brothers: A Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World
, Time Warner, London, 2004, p. 96.
21
ibid., p. 166.
22
ibid.
23
Shaw and Ruhen, op. cit., p. 133.
24
ibid., p. 134.
25
Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to father in Canada, sent from Greenwich, Sydney, date unknown, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
26
Wixted, Edward P.,
The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith: An Illustrated Chronology
, private source, Queensland, 1996, p. 7.
27
Burton, Walt and Findsen, Owen,
The Wright Brothers Legacy: Orville and Wilbur Wright and Their Aeroplanes
, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 2003, p. 64.
28
Wallace, Graham,
The Flying Witness
, Putnam, London, 1958, p. 44.
29
ibid., p. 52.
30
ibid., p.57.
31
Shaw and Ruhen, op. cit., p. 115.
32
ibid., p. 144.
33
‘Review of Hargrave’s Work’,
The Technical Gazette of New South Wales
, 1924, p. 46.
34
‘Another Sensation at Bondi’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 3 January 1907.
35
Brawley, Sean,
The Bondi Lifesaver: A History of an Australian Icon
, ABC Books, Sydney, 2007, p. 29.
36
Trubuhovich, Ronald V.,
History of Mouth-to-Mouth Ventilation, Part 3: The 19th to mid-20th Centuries and ‘Rediscovery’
, (Vol. 9), Department of Critical Care Medicine, Auckland, 2007, pp. 62-78.
37
Wixted, op. cit., p. 5.
38
Wohl, Robert,
A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination
,
1908-1918
, Yale University Press, New Haven/London, 1994, p. 25.
39
Wallace, op. cit., p. 81.
40
‘Wright’s Airship in Rapid Flight’,
New York Times, 9
August 1908.
41
Wallace, op. cit., p. 82.
42
ibid., p. 85.
43
Kelly, Fred C. (ed),
Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright
, Farrar & Straus, New York, 1951.
44
Wallace, op. cit., p. 80.
45
Wixted, op. cit., p. 6.
46
Sprigg, C. St John,
Great Flights
, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1936, p. 15.
47
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/hh/34/hh34n.htm
48
‘M Blériot in London: Great Public Welcome’,
Daily Mail
, 27 July 1909.
49
‘Aerial League: Flying Machines to Defend Australia’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 29 April 1909.
50
‘Aerial League: Inauguration Decided Upon’,
Daily Telegraph
, 29 April 1909.
51
ibid.
Chapter 2: Distance
1
Fokker, Anthony,
Flying Dutchman
, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1938, p. 5.
2
Wallace, Graham,
The Flying Witness
, Putnam, London, 1958, p. 54.
3
Wohl, Robert,
A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1908-1918
, Yale University Press, New Haven/London, 1994, p. 112.
4
Elliott, Brian A.,
Blériot: Herald of an Age
, Temp us Publishing, Gloucestershire, 2000, p. 60.
5
ibid., p. 102.
6
‘The Cross-Channel Flight Accomplished’,
The Times
, 26 July 1908.
7
Wallace, op. cit., p. 118.
8
‘Cheered at News of Success’,
Washington Post
, 26 July 1909.
9
Elliott, op. cit., p. 114.
10
Wallace, op. cit., p. 119.
11
‘A Memorable Flight’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 22 October 1930.
12
Wallace, op. cit., p. 121.
13
Elliott op. cit., p. 115.
14
Wallace, op. cit., p. 123.
15
Elliott, op. cit., p. 124.
16
Wallace, op. cit., p. 123.
17
‘M Blériot in London: Great Public Welcome’,
Daily Mail
, 27 July 1909.
18
‘Triomphe de Blériot’,
Le Figaro
, 25 July 1909, p. 1.
19
‘The Cross-Channel Flight Accomplished’,
The Times
, 26 July 1908.
20
‘M Blériot in London: Great Public Welcome’,
Daily Mail
, 27 July 1909.
21
Pound, Reginald and Harmsworth, Geoffrey,
Northcliffe
, Cassell, London, 1959, p. 375.
22
‘M Blériot in London: Great Public Welcome’,
Daily Mail
, 27 July 1909.
23
Fontaine, Charles,
Comment Blériot a Traversé la Manche
, Librairie Aéronautique, Paris, 1909, p. 67.
24
Wallace, op. cit., p. 124.
25
Wohl, op. cit., p. 69.
26
Fontaine, op. cit., p. 137.
27
Mattioli, Guido,
Mussolini Aviatore e la Sua Opera per L’Aviazione, Prefazione di Paolo Orano
, Casa Editrice Pinciana, Rome, 1938, p. 25.
28
‘The Aerial Defence of Australia’ (an Appeal to the Editor),
Daily Telegraph
, 27 July 1909.
29
Sheil, Beau,
Caesar of the Skies: The Life Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Cassell, London, 1937, p. 9.
30
Wallace, op. cit., p. 72.
31
Kalush, William and Sloman, Larry,
The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero
, Simon & Schuster, London, 2007, p. 245.