Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men (109 page)
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Authors: Peter Fitzsimons
29
‘Canberra’s Success’,
Sun
, 12 April 1929.
30
ibid.
31
‘Memorable Search Ends’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 13 April 1929.
32
‘Canberra’s Success’,
Sun
, 12 April 1929.
33
‘Relatives Hear the News’,
Canberra Times
, 13 April 1929.
34
Evening News
, 12 April 1929.
35
‘Memorable Search Ends’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 13 April 1929.
36
Kingsford Smith, op. cit., p. 109.
37
‘Dramatic Flight Story’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 17 May 1929.
38
‘Ulm’s Tale: They Lived on Snails and Grass Only 25 Miles From Mission!’,
Daily Guardian
, 16 April 1929.
39
Rogers, op. cit., p. 51.
40
‘Death by Starvation Four Days Away’,
Sun
, 16 April 1929.
41
‘Lt Anderson Still in the Silence’,
Daily Guardian
, 16 April 1929.
42
Mackersey, Ian,
Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Little, Brown, London, 1999, p. 217.
43
‘Two Writs Against “Guardian”’,
Sun
, 16 April 1929.
44
Fysh, Sir Hudson,
Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1966, p. 244.
45
Gunn, John,
The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919–1939
, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1988, p. 110.
46
Fysh, op. cit., p. 163.
47
‘How Pilot Brain Discovered Kookaburra in Desert’,
Daily Guardian
, 26 April 1929.
48
Cadigan, Neil,
A Man Among Mavericks: Lester Brain, Australia’s Greatest Aviator
, ABC Books, Sydney, 2008, p. 62.
49
‘Infamous Attack by “Sun” on Anderson’,
Daily Guardian
, 25 April 1929.
50
‘Grim Ending to Search for Keith Anderson’,
Daily Guardian
, 22 April 1929.
51
‘Off Again’,
Sun
, 28 April 1929.
52
Daily Guardian
, 25 April 1929.
53
‘Infamous Attack by “Sun” on Anderson’,
Daily Guardian
, 25 April 1929.
54
ibid.
55
‘1000 Miles Air Dash: Kookaburra Pictures’,
Daily Guardian
, 26 April 1929.
56
Fysh, op. cit., p. 229.
57
‘The Sacrifice’,
Smith’s Weekly
, 27 April 1929.
58
ibid.
59
Davis, Pedr,
Charles Kingsford Smith: Smithy, The World’s Greatest Aviator
, Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1985, p. 73.
60
Mackersey, op. cit., p. 225.
61
‘Reputations in the Mud’,
Plain Talk
, 27 April 1929.
62
‘“Southern Cross” Rumours’,
Aircraft
, 30 June 1928.
63
Sheil, op. cit., p. 105.
64
McNally, Ward,
The Man on the Twenty Dollar Note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
, A & A Reed, Sydney, 1976, p. 94.
65
Davis,
Kookaburra
, op. cit., p. 76.
66
ibid., p. 77.
67
ibid., p. 80.
68
ibid., p. 78.
Chapter Fourteen: Trials and Tribulations
1
Stannage, John,
Smithy
, Oxford University Press, London, 1950, p. 101.
2
‘Dramatic Flight Story. Kingsford Smith’s Evidence.’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 17 May 1929.
3
‘Indignant Denials’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 18 May 1929.
4
Davis, Pedr,
Charles Kingsford Smith: Smithy, The World’s Greatest Aviator
, Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1985, p. 23.
5
‘Gallantry of Keith Anderson’,
Daily Guardian
, 28 June 1929.
6
Davis, Pedr,
Kookaburra: The Most Compelling Story in Australia’s Aviation History
, Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1980, p. 88.
7
‘Gallantry of Keith Anderson’,
Daily Guardian
, 28 June 1929.
8
ibid.
9
ibid.
10
‘Ulm’s Tale: Viewed with Some Suspicion’,
Daily Guardian
, 25 June 1929.
11
ibid.
12
McNally, Ward,
The Man on the Twenty Dollar Note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
, A & A Reed, Sydney, 1976, p. 97.
13
ibid., p. 100.
14
Stannage, op. cit., p. 74.
15
‘Anderson’s Body Here Today’,
Daily Guardian
, 29 June 1929.
16
‘Public Tributes Keith Anderson: Body Lying in State’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 6 July 1929.
17
Davis,
Kookaburra
, op. cit., p. 109.
18
‘Last Tribute to Keith Anderson’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 8 July 1929.
19
‘Southern Cross at London’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 12 July 1929.
20
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. 130f.
21
ibid., p. 131.
22
ibid., p. 132f.
23
ibid., p. 133.
24
Mackersey, Ian,
Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Little, Brown, London, 1999, p. 242.
25
ibid.
26
ibid., p. 244.
27
ibid.
28
ibid., p. 244f.
29
Sheil, Beau,
Caesar of the Skies: The Life Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Cassell, London, 1937, p. 131.
30
Fysh, Sir Hudson,
Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1966, p. 232.
31
Davis, Pedr,
Charles Kingsford Smith
, op. cit., p. 95.
32
‘New Air Service: Forced Landing Made’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 2 January 1930.
33
Ellison, Norman,
Flying Matilda: Early Days in Australian Aviation
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957, p. 244.
34
‘Kingsford-Smith’s Fiancée in Australia Elated; Miss Powell Says He Has Won Last Air Laurel’,
New York Times
, 26 June 1930.
35
Morton, Fred,
‘Smithy’: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith—The World’s Greatest Aviator
, New Image Publications, Melbourne, 1984, p. 10.
36
Fysh, op. cit., p. 237.
37
‘Inaugurating the East–West Service’,
Aircraft
, 31 July 1929.
38
Rogers, Ellen,
Faith In Australia: Charles Ulm And Australian Aviation
, Book Production Services, Sydney, 1987, p. 56f.
39
Fysh, op. cit., p. 233.
40
Taylor, Sir Gordon,
The Sky Beyond
, Cassell, Melbourne, 1963, p. 29.
41
Taylor, Sir Gordon, ‘Kingsford Smith as I Remember Him’, Sir Hudson Fysh Papers, Mitchell Library, ML MSS 2413, Box 10, K21829, ca. 1817-1974.
Chapter Fifteen: New Frontiers
1
‘My Co-Pilot was Called Death’,
Liberty Magazine
, 28 December 1935.
2
Bernt Balchen, D.F.C., 1899–1973, was a grand Norwegian–American polar aviator who flew Richard E. Byrd on his pioneering Antarctic expedition over the South Pole in 1929. Balchen flew Byrd across the Atlantic from the USA to France in 1927. Anthony Fokker employed Balchen as a test pilot in 1926 where his admiration for the man’s abilities were fostered. George Wilkins also employed Balchen’s skills as a polar-region pilot.
3
Fokker, Anthony,
Flying Dutchman
, George Routledge & Sons, London, 1932, p. 272.
4
‘Kingsford Smith in His Own Story Takes Up Newfoundland Riddle’,
New York Times
, 28 June 1930.
5
Mackersey, Ian,
Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
, Little, Brown, London, 1999, p. 250.
6
Purvis, Harry and Priest, Joan,
Outback Airman
, Rigby, Adelaide, 1979, p. 17.
7
‘Flying Across the Atlantic’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 25 June 1930.