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Authors: Peter Fitzsimons
62
‘The Trans-Pacific Flight, Being the Saga of the Southern Cross’,
Liberty Magazine
, 19 April 1930.
Chapter Eleven: Across the Pacific…
1
‘Oaklands Take Off: Fliers Hit an Air Pocket Half Way Across Pacific, Escape Disaster and Go On’,
New York Times
, 1 June 1928.
2
‘Arrival in Sydney’,
Argus
, 11 June 1928.
3
‘The Trans-Pacific Flight: Being the Saga of the Southern Cross’,
Liberty Magazine
, 19 April 1930.
4
‘Pacific Airplane Seized for Debt’,
New York Times
, 6 November 1934.
5
‘Oaklands Take Off: Fliers Hit an Air Pocket Half Way Across Pacific, Escape Disaster and Go On’,
New York Times
, 1 June 1928.
6
‘Harry Lyon and The Southern Cross’,
American Aviation Historical Society Journal
, Winter 1979 (Vol. 24, Issue 4).
7
‘Oaklands Take Off: Fliers Hit an Air Pocket Half Way Across Pacific, Escape Disaster and Go On’,
New York Times
, 1 June 1928.
8
‘Harry Lyon and The Southern Cross’,
American Aviation Historical Society Journal
, Winter 1979 (Vol. 24, Issue 4).
9
Taylor, Sir Gordon, ‘Kingsford Smith as I Remember Him’, Sir Hudson Fysh Papers, Mitchell Library, ML MSS 2413, Box 10, K21829, ca. 1817-1974.
10
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/aviation/crossing_oceans/smithy.html
11
Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles,
The Old Bus
, Herald Press, Melbourne, 1932, p. 29.
12
‘Our Conquest of the Pacific’,
National Geographic
, October 1928.
13
‘Conquerors of the Pacific’,
Sydney Mail
, 13 June 1928.
14
‘Our Conquest of the Pacific’,
National Geographic
, October 1928.
15
‘Life of Thrills: “Smithy” as Pal, The Man in the Air’,
Sun
, 10 December 1935.
16
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. 48.
17
Kingsford Smith,
The Old Bus
, op. cit., p. 29.
18
‘Our Conquest of the Pacific’,
National Geographic
, October 1928.
19
‘The Trans-Pacific Flight, Being the Saga of the Southern Cross’,
Liberty Magazine
, 19 April 1930.
20
‘My Co-Pilot was Called Death’,
Liberty Magazine
, 28 December 1935.
21
ibid.
22
Kingsford Smith,
The Old Bus
, op. cit., 1932, p. 30.
23
‘Conquerors of the Pacific’,
Sydney Mail
, 13 June 1928.
24
‘The Trans-Pacific Flight, Being the Saga of the Southern Cross’,
Liberty Magazine
, 19 April 1930.
25
‘Arrival at Honolulu’,
Argus
, 4 June 1928.
26
‘Fliers Cross Pacific in 27 Hours, Reach Hawaii with Fuel Supply Low, Call it a Perfect Trip, No Trouble’,
New York Times
, 2 June 1928.
27
‘The Trans-Pacific Flight, Being the Saga of the Southern Cross’,
Liberty Magazine
, 19 April 1930.
28
ibid.
29
‘Southern Cross on the Wing’,
Canberra Times
, 2 June 1928.
30
‘Four Left Kauai at Dawn’,
New York Times
, 4 June 1928.
31
ibid.
32
‘The Trans-Pacific Flight, Being the Saga of the Southern Cross’,
Liberty Magazine
, 19 April 1930.
33
‘My Co-Pilot was Called Death’,
Liberty Magazine
, 28 December 1935.
34
‘Four left Kauai at Dawn’,
New York Times
, 4 June 1928.
35
Kingsford Smith,
The Old Bus
, op. cit., p. 27.
36
Purvis, Harry and Priest, Joan,
Outback Airman
, Rigby, Adelaide, 1979, p. 6.
37
Kingsford Smith,
The Old Bus
, op. cit., p. 40.
38
Wixted, Edward P.,
The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith: An Illustrated Chronology
, private source, Queensland, 1996, p. 62.
39
Author’s calculations only, based on how many strokes of the pump it would normally have taken to move that many gallons.
40
Mackersey, Ian,
Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Little, Brown, London, 1999, p. 152.
41
ibid.
42
‘The Trans-Pacific Flight, Being the Saga of the Southern Cross’,
Liberty Magazine
, 19 April 1930.
43
‘Our Conquest of the Pacific’,
National Geographic
, October 1928.
44
‘Suva Landing Spectacular’,
New York Times
, 6 June 1928.
45
‘Airmen Reach Suva’,
Argus
, 6 June 1928.
46
Mackersey, op. cit., p. 154f.
47
‘Americans Play Quit at Suva’,
Washington Post
, 6 June 1928.
48
Kingsford Smith,
The Old Bus
, op. cit., p. 45.
49
‘Suva Landing Spectacular’,
New York Times
, 6 June 1928.
50
Australian Hansard, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 5 June 1928.
51
ibid.
52
ibid.
53
‘A World Record’,
Chicago Daily Tribune
, 5 June 1928.
54
‘Airmen Reach Suva’,
Argus
, 6 June 1928.
55
Mackersey, op. cit., p. 157.
56
ibid.
57
‘Pacific Fliers Off for Australia on 1,762 Mile Hop from Fiji Isles’,
New York Times
, 7 June 1928.
58
ibid.
59
‘The Trans-Pacific Flight, Being the Saga of the Southern Cross’,
Liberty Magazine
, 19 April 1930.
60
ibid.
61
ibid.
62
‘Fliers Off to Australia after Delay on Fueling’,
New York Times
, 8 June 1928.
63
Sheil, Beau,
Caesar of the Skies: The Life Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Cassell, Sydney, 1937, p. 79.
64
Kingsford Smith,
The Old Bus
, op. cit., p. 51.
65
‘Sea Flyers Battle Storms’,
Chicago Daily Tribune
, 8 June 1928.
66
Sheil, op. cit., p. 79.
67
‘Fliers Off to Australia after Delay on Fueling’,
New York Times
, 8 June 1928.
68
‘Story Minute by Minute’,
Argus
, 9 June 1928
69
Kingsford Smith,
The Old Bus
, op. cit., p. 54.
70
‘Our Conquest of the Pacific’,
National Geographic
, October 1928.
71
Sprigg, C. St John,
Great Flights
, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1936, p. 31.
72
‘Our Conquest of the Pacific’,
National Geographic
, October 1928.
73
Kingsford Smith,
The Old Bus
, op. cit., p. 38.
74
‘The Trans-Pacific Flight, Being the Saga of the Southern Cross’,
Liberty Magazine
, 19 April 1930.
75
ibid.
76
ibid.
77
‘Southern Cross Talks on Way to Brisbane’,
The Herald
, 8 June 1928.
78
‘Our Conquest of the Pacific’,
National Geographic
, October 1928.
79
‘Flyers Wildly Cheered on Reaching Australia’,
Los Angeles Times
, 9 June 1928.
80
‘How our Fliers Won Through’,
Herald
, 9 June 1928.
81
Kingsford Smith,
The Old Bus
, op. cit., p. 57.
82
‘Arrival Brisbane’,
Argus
, 11 June 1928.
83
Ellison, Norman,
Flying Matilda: Early Days in Australian Aviation
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957, p. 133.
84
‘Arrival Brisbane’,
Argus
, 11 June 1928.
85
ibid.
86
ibid.
87
‘Government Behind Future Flights’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 16 June 1928.