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New York to Paris flight 246–8, 251–65
New Zealand 363–5, 505, 545, 547, 570 see also trans-Tasman flights
New Zealand Permanent Air Force 365
Newdigate, Sir Francis 197
Newfoundland 448–9
Newfoundland to Ireland flight 246
Newnham, Arthur 529, 530
Nielson, Stan 491
Nieuport fighters 66
Nijmegen 595
Nogi 257
Noldin, Frank 587
North American Newspaper Alliance 230
Northcliffe, Lord 21, 28–9, 31, 33, 39, 40, 53, 119, 147, 149
prize for crossing Atlantic 147, 149
prize for crossing English Channel 33
Northrop Gamma 508
Nunan, Stan 137–8
Nungesser, Charles 97, 115–16, 188, 250–1, 262, 447, 451, 553, 583, 592
Oaxaca 303, 305
Oberon 188
Offner, Dulcie 188
Oklahoma 277
Oodnadatta 395
Ooivaar 482
Order of the Orange Nassau 531
O’Reilly, Bill 465
Orontes 135
O’Rourke, P.J. 179
Orteig Prize 250–1, 255
Orteig, Raymond 246
Overland Telegraph Line 203, 375, 395, 403, 475
Oxford University 97
Pabco Flyer 276
Pacific flights 174–6, 269, 270–4, 315–37, 519–21, 524–37
Packer, Clyde 405
Pakistan 500
Parer, Lieutenant Raymond 177–8, 546
Paris 20, 25, 40–1, 64, 260
end of World War I celebrations 140–1
Paris Convention 183
Paris Peace Conference 142, 151
Parkhill, Archdale 568, 571, 581, 585
Parmentier, Captain Koene Dirk 523, 530, 595
Parsons, Edwin C. 572, 573
Patch, Harry 602
Paterson, Banjo 148
Peables, Rear Admiral Christian 285
Pearce, George 49, 184
Pearl Harbor 535, 607
Peaty, Muriel see Hawker, Muriel
Pentland, Jerry 437
Percival, Edgar 500
Percival Gull 499, 512
Percival, Jack 491, 548
Perth 196, 197, 205, 357, 383
Perth to Sydney flight record 241–2
Pethybridge, Tommy 360, 487–8, 491, 493, 496, 498, 513, 526, 532, 575, 578, 580, 583, 585
Phillips, Captain 17, 566
Pike, Bert 221, 228, 232, 244, 248
Pike, Elsie (sister) (née Kingsford Smith) 6, 19, 159, 164, 173, 177, 182, 221, 222, 227–8, 232, 326
Pilcher, Percy 10, 11
pilot training 93–4, 97–8
Pilots’ Psalm 87
Pioneer 341
Pioneer, HMCS 532
Plain Talk 413, 418
Pond, Commander George 286–7, 289, 292, 296, 297
Popkin, Sergeant Cedric 133
Port George Mission Station 388, 403, 418
Port Hedland 208, 219, 220
Port Moresby 241
Port Waikato 562
postal services see airmail services
Powell, Arthur (father-in-law) 432, 433, 436, 565
Powell, Floss (mother-in-law) 432
Powell, Mary see Kingsford Smith, Lady Mary
Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine 510
Pratt, Chris 610
Price, George 139
Prince Albert 157
Prince Arthur 141
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 543
Princess Elizabeth 264
Princess Mary 141
Princip, Gavrilo 59, 60
Punch 29
Purvis, Harry 518
Pyrmont, Sydney 56
Qantas Empire Airways 505, 528, 543
Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd) 179, 186–7, 196–7, 199, 209, 212–14, 238–40, 405, 406, 411, 440, 441, 463, 464, 469, 470, 472, 497, 504, 506, 471, 581, 589, 603
Queen Mary 523
Queen Wilhemina 531
Railroad and Engineering 23
Rangoon 455, 457, 477, 579, 581, 585
Ransom, Sir Ethelbert 570, 571
Ratu Avukuki 341, 342
Red Baron, the see von Richthofen, Manfred
Reid, Mark 439
Reims International Air Meet 43
Reinhard, Oberleutnant Wilhelm 135
Rendle, Val 145, 158
Richmond air base 367, 372, 427, 515
Rickards, Harry 46, 48
Rio Rita (musical) 356
Risticz, Johann 293
Robertson, Sir Macpherson 506, 508, 509, 511, 523
Robinson, J.W. 349
Roe, Alliot Verdon 44, 155
Rogers, Arthur 276
Rogers, Will 256, 541
Rome 456
Rome, Katherine 594
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 435
Rosenthal, Major Charles 32
Ross, Lieutenant J.S. 163
rotary engines 4, 22, 43
Roughley, T.C. 357
round-Australia journey 258–9, 355
Royal Aero Club 409, 484, 517
Royal Aeronautical Society 288
Royal Air Force 130, 136, 515, 522 see also Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force Club 443
Royal Australian Air Force 567
Royal Australian Navy 62
Royal Flying Corps 53–5, 91–3, 105, 128, 192, 194, 217, 220, 309, 353, 406, 504
good luck charms 108
merger with Royal Naval Air Service 136
motto 54
Royal Naval Hospital 141
Russell, H.A. 269
Russia 60, 65
Russian Revolution 113
Ryan monoplane 247, 274, 278, 279, 286, 294
St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney 50
St Andrew’s Cathedral School 51–2, 248, 476
‘St Elmo’s Fire’ 362
Salisbury Plain 53
San Francisco 275–7, 284, 295, 317, 544, 571, 573
San Francisco Chronicle 293
Santos-Dumont, Alberto 20–1, 26, 590
Sarajevo 59
Saul, Paddy 444, 446, 447, 452, 453, 454
Saulnier, Raymond 30, 71
Savage, Michael 570
Schroeck, Rudolf
Das Doppelleben des Charles A. Lindbergh 609
Scott, Charles William Anderson (C.W.A.) 469, 475, 489, 501, 508, 522, 527, 528, 529, 546, 574, 577, 579, 581, 601
Scrimgeour, Reverend Colin 567
Scullin, James 338, 470
Selfridge, Lieutenant Thomas 25
Serbia 60
Seven Mile Beach 490–1
Shackleton, Sir Ernest 40
Sheil, Beau 492, 545, 567, 569, 570, 572, 574, 576, 577
Shell Oil Company 145, 597
Shepherd, Paddy 437
Shiers, Wally 166, 595
Shortridge, Christopher 598
Shortridge, Travis 437, 465, 466, 598
Shortridge, Yvonne 598
Siam 582
Sigist, Fred 160
Signal Corps 69
Sikorsky S-35 246
Singapore 457, 475, 579, 581
Sir Ernest Shackleton Quest Antarctic Expedition 230
Skate, USS 605
Skilling, J. Leon 540
Skywaymen, The 181
Smith, Catherine (mother) (née Kingsford) see Kingsford Smith, Catherine
Smith, Dick 586, 596
Smith, Herbert 95
Smith, Joynton 412
Smith, Sir Keith 162, 164–7, 170–1, 200, 288, 298, 458, 499, 595, 609
Smith, Sir Ross 137–8, 156, 162, 164–7, 170–1, 200, 298, 352, 458, 583, 595, 609
Smith, William (father) see Kingsford Smith, William
Smith’s Weekly 148, 411, 428, 520
Sociéte Pour l’Aviation et se Dérivées 106
Sonoma, SS 357, 439
/> Sonter, Tom 597–8
Sopwith Aviation Company 54, 79, 94
Sopwith, Phyllis 593
Sopwith planes 94–5, 147
Camel 95, 124, 130, 131, 298
Wallaby 162
Sopwith, Tom 54–5, 95, 150, 160, 593
South China Morning Post 610
Southern Cloud 437, 462, 465–9, 470, 471, 473, 598
Southern Cross 287–90, 295–7, 302, 303, 306, 309, 310–12, 313, 315–53, 357, 361–4, 366, 367, 371, 372, 373–81, 383, 384, 387, 388, 396, 400, 408, 411, 417, 422, 427, 428, 430, 444–9, 471, 487, 489, 490–1, 494, 496, 505, 518, 525, 547–63, 566–9, 573, 576, 589, 590
Southern Cross constellation 273, 331
Southern Cross Junior 454–8
Southern Cross Minor 475, 480
Southern Moon 437, 460, 494, 548
Southern Sky 437
Southern Star 437, 482, 485
Southern Sun 437, 467, 481
SPAD planes 106, 110
Spandau machine guns 109, 124
Spin III 55
Spirit of St Louis 251, 253–61, 264, 282, 609
Stainforth, RAF Flight Lieutenant G.H. 479
Stannage, Beris (née Kingsford Smith) (niece) 164, 432, 461, 491, 548, 563, 604
Stannage, John 291, 400, 443–9, 452, 453, 454, 491, 493, 496, 511, 538, 541, 542, 543, 548, 549–63, 567, 573, 576, 604
Stanwell Park 2, 9, 12
Statendam 439
Stefansson, Vilhajalmur 64
Stella Australis 539–42
Stewart, Nellie 58, 70–1, 82, 108, 268, 315, 445, 472, 525
Stewart, Sir Frederick 438, 474
Stinson Detroiter SB-1 244
Stockton Beach 551, 556
Stoke, Claire 465
Stonehaven, Lord 354
Stonehenge 53
Strathaird 495
Stubbs, Violet 194
Stumpf, George 252
stunt flying 176
Suez 76
Sufrin, Mark
The Brave Men 592
Sullenberger III, Chesley B. ‘Sully’ 610
Sun 216–17, 232, 266, 267, 269, 271, 356, 372, 384, 385, 391, 403–4, 409, 410–12, 418
Sunday Express 301
Sussex, HMS 553
Swaine, James 3–4
Swallow, Rupert 23, 62
Sweeney, Nurse (Sadie) 23–4
Switzerland 65
Sydney 7, 15, 32, 216, 582
Rosehill racetrack 48, 599
Technological Museum 356
Sydney Harbour Bridge 311–12, 474, 487
Sydney Morning Herald 50, 61, 200, 242, 265, 266, 267, 357, 359, 391, 398, 401, 419, 461, 468, 586
Sydney Stock Exchange 401
Sydney Technical High School 21, 52–3
Sylvester Method of resuscitation 24
Tahiti, RMS 183, 184, 269, 272, 275, 284, 297, 422, 597
Tanami Desert 406, 408, 439, 475, 596
Taplin, Len 195, 198, 229
Tasmania 461, 462
Tate, Major Thomas 596
Taube fighters 66, 94
Taylor, Charlie 14
Taylor, George Augustine 31–2, 42, 46, 48, 49, 269, 599
Taylor, Patrick Gordon ‘Bill’ 309, 353, 437, 441, 442, 491, 493, 503, 509, 512, 513, 514, 515, 519, 524–7, 532, 534–7, 538, 544, 545, 548, 549–64, 567, 599, 609
Telegraaf 531
Temple, Shirley 541
Templeton, Mr 178
Thompson, Captain 151
Thompson, John 179
Threlfall, Professor 357
Times Atlas 299, 483, 519
Times, The 140, 150–1, 564, 601
Timor 458, 470
Tocchioni, Gino 494–5
Todd, Bill 272, 274, 284, 286, 290–1, 359, 422–4, 426
trans-Atlantic crossings 147–52, 443–50, 483–4
trans-Australia record 357
trans-Pacific crossing, commemorative 588
Trans-Tasman Air Service
Development Company Ltd 545, 566, 577
trans-Tasman flights 359–64, 490–1, 592
Jubilee Flight 547–64
Treaty of Versailles 145–6, 183
triplanes 10
Trotsky, Leon 63
Trousdale, Terence 57
Tully, Alan 587
Tully, Belinda 587
Tumbarumba 597
Turkey 65, 479
Turner, Roscoe 523, 531
Uhlan Regiment No. 1 66
Uiver 523, 528, 529–31, 594
Ulm, Charles 119, 217–18, 248–50, 258–9, 266, 266–9, 270, 271, 275, 275, 278–9, 282, 288, 289, 290, 292, 301, 302–10, 313–14, 315–54, 355–67, 369, 370, 371, 373–82, 388, 389, 390, 392, 393, 394, 397, 398, 401, 403, 404, 405, 408–9, 410–11, 417, 417, 419, 421, 422, 423–4, 426, 427, 428, 431, 435, 437, 438, 439, 441–2, 451, 460, 461, 466, 467, 471, 474, 480, 494, 496, 497, 498, 503, 504, 505, 519, 525, 527, 535, 539–44, 548, 589, 592, 609
Old Bus 494
Ulm, Isabel 258
Ulm, John 543, 566–7, 589, 597
Ulm, Josephine 258, 272, 292, 354, 401, 542–3
Union Oil Company of California 302
Union Steamship Company 359
United Press Association 538
United States National Aeronautic Association 537
US Army Signal Corps 25
Vacuum Oil Company 232, 266, 271, 276, 285, 492, 502, 545
Valier, Max 251, 601–2
van Dijk, Evert 443–4, 446, 447, 452, 453, 454
Vancouver 17, 18, 28, 29–30, 431, 566
Vickers Aircraft 200, 595
Vickers Type 54 Viking IV 200
Vickery, Arthur 439
Voisin brothers 20, 46
Voisin plane 45–6
von Hindenburg, Paul 606
von Hünefeld, Günther 431
von Richthofen, Bolko 606
von Richthofen, Lothar 104, 606
von Richthofen, Manfred 66–7, 96–7, 104, 109, 124–5, 127–8, 130–5, 583, 605–6
Wackett, RAAF Squadron Leader Lawrence 287–8, 509, 526, 565
Waggener, Richard S. 276
Walker, Jimmy 451
Wall Street crash 1929 434–5
Walton, Nancy-Bird 498, 604, 609
Wanganella, MV 493
Warner, Jim 307–8, 313–14, 317, 320, 322, 324, 325, 327, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 336, 340, 341, 346, 347, 348, 350, 356, 357, 359, 493, 525, 590
Washington Post 536
Watson, Vice-Mayor 351
Waugh, Alf 531
Wave Hill station 407, 408, 410, 415
Webster, Postmaster-General William 218
Weiss, Ehrich see Houdini, Harry
Wellington 360, 363, 366
Wells, H.G. 37
West Australian 495
Western Australian Airways Ltd (WAA) 194–6, 197, 201–6, 214–16, 221, 222, 228, 249, 258, 359, 377, 385, 438, 441, 472, 497, 604
Western Mail 206
Western Queensland Auto Aero Service Ltd 179
Westland Widgeon III 370
Westley 579
Whitehead, J. Gordon 599–600
Whitney, Dick 434–5
Wigram Field 366, 592
Wilce, Warwick 23
Wilkins, George Hubert 63–4,
113–15, 129–30, 133, 134, 157–9, 222, 230, 232–6, 238, 244–6, 279–81, 283–4, 286, 312–13, 397, 605
Wilkinson, Ian 610
Wilkinson, Major 108, 123
William Fox Studios 181
Williams, Lieutenant Colonel Richard 154
Wilson, Brigadier General Lachlan C. 409, 422, 427
Wilson, President Woodrow 143
Wilson, Staff-Sergeant Richard Huber Victor 53
Wilton, Bishop 460
Windeyer, Richard 370–1
Winton, Queensland 186
Winton State High School 213
‘wireless telephony’ 493
Wittber, Bill 48
Wixted, Ted 585
The Last Flight of Bert Hinkler 594
Wolff, Kurt 105
Woods Humphreys, George 571
Woods, Jim 385, 390
Woolaroc 277
World War I
aeroplanes, use of 65–7, 95–7
armistice 139
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 59–60
Dardanelles campaign 65, 72–3, 75, 78
survivor accounts 602
trench warfare 65
Western Front 88, 104
World War II 601, 607
World Wildlife Fund 608
Wormald, Sergeant Frank 133
Wright Aeronautical 252
Wright, Bishop 11, 54, 204
Wright breakthrough, news of 15
Wright, John Charles 50–1
Wright, Katharine 54, 119
Wright, Major 536
Wright, Orville 11–12, 14–15, 16, 19, 25, 27, 54, 119, 279, 282, 602
Wright Whirlwind Engines 278–9, 284, 285, 289, 292, 363, 430
Wright, Wilbur 11–12, 14–15, 16, 19, 29, 30, 31, 41–2, 54, 65
successful French flight 25–8
Wyndham 372, 374–6, 379, 386, 388, 396, 399, 402, 406, 408, 410, 421, 475, 501
Ziegfeld, Florenz 600
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