Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men (112 page)
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Authors: Peter Fitzsimons
37
‘His Cards On the Table’,
Smith’s Weekly
, 13 October 1934.
38
Sheil, op. cit., p 182.
39
‘The Air Race, Kingsford Smith in New York’,
Age
, 18 June 1934.
40
ibid.
41
Taylor, P.G.,
Pacific Flight: The Story of the Lady Southern Cross
, John Hamilton, London, 1936, p. 5.
42
ibid., p. 7.
43
Purvis and Priest, op. cit., p. 45.
44
For this, and much of the research which follows, I am indebted to Ron Cuskelly’s website
The Lockheed File.
Its comprehensive history of the
Lady Southern Cross
draws heavily on the National Archives of Australia Series: MP 113/1 Item: VH/USB. It can be accessed on http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/altair/altair.htm.
45
http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/altair/altair4.htm
46
Swinson, op. cit., p. 74.
47
‘Flier Issues A Denial’,
New York Times
, 30 August 1934.
48
Purvis and Priest, op. cit., p. 52.
49
‘Tremendous Task Faced “Smithy”’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 8 October 1934.
50
Kingsford Smith, op. cit., p. 248.
51
Ellison, Norman,
Flying Matilda: Early Days in Australian Aviation
, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957, p. 317.
52
Kingsford Smith, op. cit., p. 249.
53
Taylor, Sir Gordon, ‘Kingsford Smith as I Remember Him’, Sir Hudson Fysh Papers, Mitchell Library, ML MSS 2413, Box 10, K21829, ca. 1817-1974.
54
‘His Cards On the Table’,
Smith’s Weekly
, 13 October 1934.
55
ibid.
56
ibid.
57
‘Smithy Gets the White Feather’,
Smith’s Weekly
, 20 October 1934.
Chapter Eighteen: The Great Race
1
Stannage, John,
Smithy
, Oxford University Press, London, 1950, p. 14.
2
‘Mildenhall to Melbourne’,
Time
, 29 October 1934.
3
Swinson, Arthur,
The Great Air Race
, Cassell, London, 1968, p. 101.
4
ibid., p. 89.
5
‘Mildenhall to Melbourne’,
Time
, 29 October 1934.
6
Swinson, op. cit., p. 89
7
This Australia Program
, ABC Radio, Albury, 14 February 1984.
8
Swinton, Stuart,
P.G. Taylor: The Last of the Great Air Pioneers—A Personal Tribute From Stuart Swinton
, Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, New South Wales, 2006, p. 32.
9
Taylor, Sir Gordon,
The Sky Beyond
, Cassell, Melbourne, 1963, p. 50.
10
McNally, Ward,
The Man on the Twenty Dollar Note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
, A & A Reed, Sydney, 1976, p. 152.
11
‘The Comet’s Amazing Flight’,
The Times
, 24 October 1934.
12
Swinson, op. cit., p. 137.
13
‘The End of the Race’,
Canberra Times
, 24 October 1934.
14
Swinson, op. cit., p. 131.
15
‘A Case for Snail Brooms’,
Bulletin
, 7 November 1934.
16
‘The Centenary Air Race’,
Canberra Times
, 25 October 1934.
17
‘The Centenary Air Race’,
Aviation Heritage, The Journal of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia
, (Vol. 24, No 1/2, special combined issue), p. 43, http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/ahsabackissues301101.doc.
18
http://airsports.fai.org/mar2001/mar200015.html
19
This Australia Program
, ABC Radio, Albury, 14 February 1984.
20
Purvis, Harry and Priest, Joan,
Outback Airman
, Rigby, Adelaide, 1979, p. 60.
21
Swinson, op. cit., p. 151.
22
This Australia Program
, ABC Radio, Albury, 14 February 1984.
23
‘The Resourceful Australian’,
Bulletin
, 7 November 1934.
24
ibid.
25
‘Kingsford Smith Has Grudge’,
Canberra Times
, 24 October 1934.
26
Taylor, P.G.,
Pacific Flight: The Story of the Lady Southern Cross
, John Hamilton, London, 1936, pp. 122, 124.
27
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. 252.
28
‘My Co-Pilot was Called Death’,
Liberty Magazine
, 28 December 1935.
29
McNally, op. cit., p. 154. See also: Taylor, Sir Gordon, ‘Kingsford Smith as I Remember Him’, Sir Hudson Fysh Papers, Mitchell Library, ML MSS 2413, Box 10, K21829, ca. 1817-1974
30
Taylor,
The Sky Beyond
, op. cit., p. 53.
31
Swinton, op. cit., p. 40.
32
Taylor,
The Sky Beyond
, op. cit., p. 53.
33
33 Swinton, op. cit., p. 40.
34
Taylor, ‘Kingsford Smith as I Remember Him’, op. cit.
35
‘At Honolulu Kingsford Smith’s Pacific Flight’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 31 October 1934.
36
Taylor,
Pacific Flight
, op. cit., p. 218.
37
‘Kingsford Smith Here After Epoch-Making Trans-Pacific Flight, Cheered by 20,000’,
Los Angeles Times
, 5 November 1934.
38
ibid.
39
McNally, op. cit., p. 155.
40
‘Pacific Fliers Warm Welcome’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 6 November 1934.
41
‘At Honolulu Kingsford Smith’s Pacific Flight’,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 31 October 1934.
42
Stannage, John,
High Adventure
, MacDonald, Christchurch, 1944, p. 154.
43
United Press Association, Telegraph Copyright (Rec. 7.10 p.m.), San Francisco, 17 November 1934.
44
‘Kingsford Smith Harassed’,
Southland Times
, 19 November 1934.
45
‘Pacific Airplane Seized for Debt’,
New York Times
, 6 November 1934.
46
ibid.
47
‘Ulm Ship Takes Off for Sydney from California’,
Chicago Daily Tribune
, 4 December 1934.
48
‘Air Service Within Two Years, Honolulu–Sydney, Ulm Plans Weekly “Planes”’,
Canberra Times
, 3 December 1934.
49
‘Ulm Lost Somewhere at Sea’,
Canberra Times
, 6 December 1934.
50
‘Ulm’s Ill-Fated Dash Held a Blow to Flying’,
Washington Post
, 8 December 1934.
51
‘Ulm on Trans-Pacific Flight, Good Speed to Honolulu Flying at 150 Miles an Hour, “Plane Makes Excellent Progress”’,
Canberra Times
, 5 December 1934.
52
‘Ulm Ship Takes Off for Sydney from California’,
Chicago Daily Tribune
, 4 December 1934.
53
‘Ulm on Trans-Pacific Flight, Good Speed to Honolulu Flying at 150 Miles an Hour, “Plane Makes Excellent Progress”’,
Canberra Times
, 5 December 1934.
54
‘Ulm, Forced Down at Sea Near Hawaii, Hunted by Surface Craft and Planes’,
Los Angeles Times
, 5 December 1934.
55
ibid.
56
ibid.
57
‘Ulm Lost Somewhere at Sea’,
Canberra Times
, 6 December 1934.
58
Stannage,
High Adventure
, op. cit., p. 156.
59
‘“Smithy” in Joy and Sorrow, Loss of Ulm, Flying Pal Grief-Stricken’,
Sun
, 11 December 1935.
60
ibid.
61
Taylor, Sir Gordon, lecture, Royal Aeronautical Society, New South Wales, 12 November 1959.
62
‘Flyers Dead, Say Experts in the Sea Hunt’,
Los Angeles Times
, 7 December 1934.
63
Gunn, John,
The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919–1939
, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1988, pp. 211–15.
64
‘“Smithy” in Joy and Sorrow, Loss of Ulm, Flying Pal Grief-Stricken’,
Sun
, 11 December 1935.
65
Gunn, op. cit., p. 213.
66
McNally, op. cit., p. 160.