Kingsford-Smith
Britishnoun
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Only man to fly the long Pacific Route to and from "Down Under," Kingsford-Smith was last week hailed as a flyer second only to one-eyed Wiley Post.
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Last week Australia's air hero Charles Kingsford-Smith flew from Port Darwin across the Timor Sea to Kupang, in his famed Southern Cross, and returned with the mail from the crippled City of Cairo.
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Surely an intelligible radio bearing should come to guide them Major Charles Kingsford-Smith scowled at the grey fog outside his cockpit, cursed the compasses that pointed crazily to East and West.
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On the 3,200-mi. water jump to Honolulu Kingsford-Smith, fumbling in the cockpit during a rainstorm, accidentally knocked down the wing flaps.
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Last week Australians went wild with joy when their own idol, Wing Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith, landed his Avro Avian Southern Cross Jr. at Port Darwin ten days after leaving Heston Airdrome, north of London.
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