by P Fitzsimons
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
FitzSimons, Peter.
Charles Kingsford Smith and those magnificent men /Peter FitzSimons.
ISBN 978 0 7322 8487 9 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-730-49278-8 (epub)
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Kingsford-Smith, Charles, 1897–1935.
Aeronautics – History.
Air pilots – History
629.13
Cover and internal design by Matt Stanton
About the Publisher
Australia
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United Kingdom
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
77-85 Fulham Palace Road
London, W6 8JB, UK
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.co.uk
United States
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10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Epigraph
HIGH FLIGHT
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
One IN THE BEGINNING…
Two DISTANCE
Three WAR!
Four IN THE TRENCHES
Five ACES AT DAWN…
Six APRES LA GUERRE
Seven HOMEWARD BOUND
Eight THELMA
Nine PIONEERS AWAY…
Ten THE TOUGH GET GOING
Eleven ACROSS THE PACIFIC…
Twelve THE URGE TO ELSEWHERE…
Thirteen COFFEE ROYAL
Fourteen TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
Fifteen NEW FRONTIERS
Sixteen TO AND FRO…
Seventeen TROUBLES
Eighteen THE GREAT RACE
Nineteen OUT ON A WING AND A PRAYER
EPILOGUE
ENDNOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ALSO BY PETER FITZSIMONS
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