Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men (104 page)
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Authors: Peter Fitzsimons
42
‘Douglas and Ross, Details of Crash’,
Daily Telegraph
, 17 November 1919.
43
Swinson, Arthur,
The Great Air Race,
Cassell, London, 1968, p. 17.
44
Sheil, Beau,
Caesar of the Skies: The Life Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Cassell, London, 1937, p. 31.
45
‘Airmen Bushed’,
Daily Telegraph
, 15 December 1919.
46
Haynes and Dellit, op. cit., p. 119.
47
ibid., p. 165.
48
‘Last Stage, Messages for Ross Smith, Australia’s Tribute’,
Daily Telegraph
, 10 December 1919.
49
Swinson,
op. cit.
, p. 18.
50
‘The Pathfinders’,
Daily Telegraph
, 13 December 1919.
51
ibid.
52
Fysh, op. cit., p. 86.
53
ibid., p. 93.
54
Lindsay, Alan (director),
Air Australia
, Village Roadshow Entertainment, Sydney, 2007.
55
ibid., interview with Mary Cottrill, the daughter of Paul McGinness.
56
Love, Nigel B.,
The Autobiography of Nigel B. Love (Part One), Aviation in Australia, 1915-1923
, self-published, Sydney, ca. 1968.
Chapter Seven: Homeward Bound
1
Gunn, John,
The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919–1939
, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1988, p. 85.
2
Kingsford Smith, Elsie, letter to parents, sent from Oakland, California, 15 February 1920, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
3
Mackersey, Ian,
Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Little, Brown, London, 1999, p. 49.
4
While these numbers do not, in fact add up, that is the way they appear in the Ellison Collection.
5
This figure in the Ellison Collection actually says $22,000, but it is an error.
6
Ellison, Norman,
Flying Matilda: Early Days in Australian Aviation
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957, p. 258f.
7
Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from California, 20 September 1920, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
8
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. 20.
9
Kingsford Smith, Elsie, letter to parents, sent from San Francisco, 3 November 1920, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
10
Sprigg, C. St John,
Great Flights
, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1936, p. 68.
11
Gunn, op. cit., p. 23.
12
ibid., p. 21.
13
Fysh, Sir Hudson,
Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1966, p. 97.
14
ibid., p. 99.
15
‘Locklear Killed in Flying for Film’,
New York Times
, 4 August 1920.
16
Kingsford Smith, Elsie, letter to parents in Sydney, sent from San Francisco, 12 November 1920, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
17
Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from San Francisco, December 1920, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
18
Sheil, Beau,
Caesar of the Skies: The Life Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Cassell, London, 1937, p. 36.
19
Pearce, Sir George F., speech, 17 September 1920, Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates, Vol. 93, p. 4717; second reading of the Air Navigation Bill, 4 November 1920; Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates, Vol. 94, pp. 6231-5.
20
Hughes, William M., speech, 9 September 1920, Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates, Vol. 93, p. 4389f.
21
Gregory, H. (MP), letter to the prime minister, 10 August 1920, Congressional Research Service, A2, file 1920/3061.
22
Pearce, Sir George F., letter to the prime minister, 18 April 1921, Congressional Research Service, A2717, Vol. III, Folder 11, file note, CRS A1195.
23
Brearley, Sir Norman,
Australian Aviator
, Rigby, Adelaide, 1971, p. 66.
24
Sheil, op. cit., p. 38.
25
From what Catherine Kingsford Smith told Norman Ellison (Mackersey, op. cit., p. 51).
26
Wixted, Edward P.,
The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith: An Illustrated Chronology
, private source, Queensland, 1996, p. 14.
27
Fysh, op. cit., p. 104.
28
Gunn, op. cit., p. 34f.
29
Fysh, op. cit., p. 105.
30
ibid., p. 108.
31
Mackersey, op. cit., p. 53.
32
Wixted, Edward P.,
The Last Flight of Bert Hinkler
, Vantage Press, New York, 1992, p. 10.
33
Mackenzie, Roy D.,
Solo: The Bert Hinkler Story
, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979, p. 43.
34
ibid.
35
‘Mr Hawker Killed, Crash in Trial Flight’,
The Times
, 13 July 1921.
36
‘How Mr Hawker Died, Not Strong Enough to Fly’,
The Times
, 18 July 1921.
37
Hawker, Muriel,
H.G. Hawker, Airman: His Life and Work,
Hutchinson & Co., London, 1922, p. 318.
38
Ellison, op. cit., p. 283.
39
Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Wellington, 20 July 1921, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
40
Ellison, op. cit., p. 284.
41
Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Wellington, 4 August 1921, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
42
‘Aerial Service. Geraldton to Derby. Major Brearly Successful’,
Western Mail
, 4 August 1921.
43
‘Aeroplane Service Between Geraldton and Derby, Western Australia, Conditions of Tender’,
Daily News
, 13 June 1925.
44
Kingsford Smith, Elsie, account of her brother’s life, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
45
http://www.spiritsofansett.com/legends/brealey.htm
46
Brearley, op. cit., p. 81.
47
http://www.spiritsofansett.com/legends/brealey.htm
48
Gunn, op. cit., p. 50.
49
Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Perth, 3 December
1921, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
50
Lindsay, Alan (director),
Air Australia
, Village Roadshow Entertainment, Sydney, 2007.
51
ibid.
52
Gunn, op. cit., p. 51.
53
Fysh, op. cit., p. 113.
54
‘Preparations for the Flight’,
Adelaide Advertiser
, 14 April 1922.
55
‘A Brother’s Grief’,
Adelaide Advertiser
, 17 April 1922.
56
‘Ross Smith Killed While Testing Machine’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 14 April 1922.
57
‘A Great Airman’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 15 April 1922.
58
Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Carnarvon, 3 May 1922, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
59
Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Port Hedland, 1 September 1922. Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
60
Davis, Pedr,
Kookaburra: The Most Compelling Story in Australia’s Aviation History
, Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1980, p. 98.
61
Ellison, op. cit., p. 291.
62
Edwards, Hugh,
Gold Dust & Iron Mountains: Marble Bar and Beyond
, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, 1993, p. 162.
63
Brearley, Norman, letter to Charles Kingsford Smith (Western Australian Airways letterhead), 23 May 1922.
64
‘Problems of Defence, Isolation and Development; What Civil Aviation Could Do to Help’,
Aviation Historical Society of Australia Newsletter
, Vol. 6 No 3, 1991, pp. 50-55.
65
Kingsford Smith, Charles, letter to parents, sent from Broome, 19 November 1922, Ellison Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
Chapter Eight: Thelma
1
Ellison, Norman,
Flying Matilda: Early Days in Australian Aviation
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957, p. 287.
2
Fysh, Sir Hudson,
Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1966, p. 128.