Read Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men Online
Authors: Peter Fitzsimons
3
Taylor, Sir Gordon,
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4
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5
‘Kingsford Smith Mascot ‘Drome to Perpetuate Name’,
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
http://www.bcphilatelic.org/images/BCPS_fall_2008_newsletter.pdf Author of the article in question is Bob Ingraham of the British Columbia Philatelic Society.
17
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_KLM_Constellation_air_disaster references to: Barker, Ralph,
Great Mysteries of the Air
, Macmillan, New York, 1967. See also: http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id= 19481020-0 and www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/connie_mauchline.htm
18
‘Southern Cloud Discoverer Retraces His Steps’,
7.30 Report
, ABC TV, 30 October 2008.
19
Interview with Tom Sonter, Sydney, December 2008.
20
Interview with Cynthia Balderstone, Sydney, December 2008.
21
‘Southern Cloud Discoverer Retraces His Steps’,
7.30 Report
, ABC TV, 30 October 2008.
22
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23
ibid.
24
ibid., p. 513f.
25
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26
Swinson, Arthur,
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27
ibid.
28
‘I’ve Never Got Over It’,
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, 12 July 2007.
29
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30
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31
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32
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33
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34
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35
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