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Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC AFC (9 February 1897 – 8 November 1935), nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand. Kingsford Smith was born in Brisbane.
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith was an Australian pilot who, with a three-man crew, flew the Atlantic from Portmarnock, Ireland, to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, June 24–25, 1930. He was also the first to cross the mid-Pacific by air.
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Jun 6, 2023 · In 1928 Australian pilots Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, along with two US crewmen, became the first people to cross the Pacific Ocean by air in their three-engine Fokker aircraft, the Southern Cross.
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (1897-1935), aviator, was born on 9 February 1897 in Brisbane, fifth son and seventh child of William Charles Smith, banker, and his wife Catherine Mary, née Kingsford.
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Dec 7, 2022 · Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith was a legendary Australian aviation pioneer and the first man to fly between Australia and New Zealand. Born in Brisbane on February 9, 1897, Charles Edward Kingsford Smith was the son of William Charles Smith and his wife Catherine Mary, the daughter of a prominent Queensland politician.
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Charles ‘Smithy’ Kingsford Smith was renowned as Australia’s boldest pilot, pioneering routes that include the first trans-Australian, trans-Tasman and trans-Pacific flights. As well as completing other record flights, he helped usher commercial aviation into Australia.
Charles Kingsford Smith (known as ‘Smithy’) served as a pilot in the First World War. After the war many record-breaking flights took place around the world, and Smithy wanted to be the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean by plane.
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