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Charles Kingsford Smith And Those Magnificent Men eBook

by Peter Fitzsimons
language: english
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS, August of 2010 ‧
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The must-read story of the boy from Brisbane who became a wartime hero and aviation trailblazer.

In an action-packed life, the indomitable ''Smithy'' went from fighting as a soldier amid the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front to taking to the skies against the likes of the Red Baron - for which he won the Military Cross for gallantry - before becoming the greatest peacetime aviator of his generation.

Along with Charles Ulm, he was the first to conquer the Pacific by air, the first to fly across the Tasman Sea, the fastest to fly from England to Australia, and the first pilot to circumnavigate the globe by crossing the equator.

With typical flair, FitzSimons also tells the story of several breakthroughs, some made in Australia, which laid the foundation for the Wright brothers'' success in 1903; the first flight across the Channel in 1908; Germany''s Red Baron terrorising the Allies in 1917-18, before being shot down by an Australian; Ross and Keith Smith''s first flight from England to Australia in 1919; the formation of Qantas in 1921; Lindbergh''s stunning vault between America and Europe in 1927; the Great Centenary Air Race; the loss of the Southern Cloud; the saga of Bert Hinkler and much, much more...

''Undoubtedly the best aviation book I have ever read.'' Dick Smith

Charles Kingsford Smith And Those Magnificent Men

by Peter Fitzsimons

Property Description
ISBN: 9780730492788
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS
Release Date: August of 2010
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Biographies
eBooks in English > Tourist Guides and Maps > Asia, Pacific and Oceania
EAN: 9780730492788
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