Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men (118 page)

Kingsford Smith, William (father) 6–7, 17, 18, 29–30, 63, 98, 184, 311–12, 323, 338, 385–6, 460–1

Kingsford Smith, Winifred (sister) 6, 18, 57, 224

Kipling, Rudyard ‘The Absent-Minded Beggar’ 8

Kitty Hawk 11–12, 15

Kjupun 582–3

Knight, Harry 265

Knight, Ivan 294

Koepang 470–1

Köhl, Hermann 431

Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij
(KLM) 441, 443, 453, 482, 523, 531, 581, 595

Kookaburra
370, 393, 394, 396, 398, 402, 406–7, 410, 412, 413–15, 425, 439, 596, 604

Kuranda (Kingsford Smith home) 184, 220, 323, 338, 385, 400, 401, 436, 460, 478, 481, 549, 570, 578, 582

La Perouse Receiving Centre, Sydney 323, 400, 552

Lady Southern Cross
515, 518–19, 524–7, 532–6, 569, 572, 575, 576, 577–80

wreckage 585

Lang, Jack 268, 270, 280, 474

Lanphier, Major Tom 234

Latham, John 337–8

Lawrence, Colonel T.E. 91, 138

Lay, Damien 585–6

Le Figaro
28, 39, 42

Le Hargrave
46

Le Matin
29, 41

Lea, Reverend Canon Howard 357

Leblanc, Alfred 35, 37

Lee, Lionel 185–6

Levasseur PL-8 251

Levine, Charles A. 264

Liberty
572

Lilienthal, Otto 9–10, 11

Lilja, Harold William 426

Lindbergh, Anne 486, 608

Lindbergh, Charles 237–8, 246–8, 251–65, 276, 278, 281–2, 298, 349, 369, 374, 445, 450, 452–3, 483, 486, 607–9

Lindbergh, Evangeline 247–8, 264

Lindbergh kidnapping 486

Litchfield, Hal 272, 274, 297, 359, 363, 364, 366, 373–4, 382, 388, 392, 394, 411, 422, 424, 427, 597

Littlejohn, George 540

Lloyd’s of London 255, 260

Lockheed Altair 510, 512, 514

Lockheed Sirius 510

Lockheed Vega 279

Locklear, Lieutenant Ormer 181, 583

L’oiseau blanc
251

London 39–40, 459, 478, 479, 572 end of World War I celebrations 141

London to Melbourne race 506

Longreach aerodrome 238

Loraine, Captain Eustace B. 53

Los Angeles
264

Los Angeles Times
542

Love, Nigel 155, 170, 180, 215

Lympne 499, 578

Lynch-Blosse, P.W. 437

Lyon, Captain Harry 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 313–14, 316, 317, 318–53, 356, 357, 359, 525, 589

Lyons, Prime Minister Joseph 502, 505, 543, 554

McAdoo, Senator William Gibbs 537

McCudden, Jimmy 97

McDonald, Reverend D.P. 429

Macfarlane, Dan 465, 466

McGinness, Paul ‘Ginty’ 156, 160–1, 167, 168–70, 178, 179, 186, 199, 209–10, 212, 288, 506, 603, 609

McIntosh, Lieutenant John C. 177

McKay, Cecil Newton 409

Mackay, Keith 228–9

Mackellar, Dorothy 225

McKenna, Maurice 211, 221

Mackersey, Ian 336, 461, 578, 585, 586, 587

McLean, Ivy 213

McMaster, Fergus 168–70, 178–9, 187, 197, 199, 209, 440, 471, 472, 504–5, 603, 609

McNeil, Mrs James 445

McWilliams, Ross 597

McWilliams, Tom 359, 364, 366, 374, 379, 380, 382, 383, 388, 389, 392, 394, 411, 422, 427, 428, 491, 597

Maddocks, Cyril 142, 145, 153, 155, 163

Maidment, Cecil C. ‘Doc’ 311, 360, 444

Makura
, SS 291, 426

Malaya 481

Maliko
, SS 322

Maloney 581

Manncock, Mick 97

Manoa
, SS 322

Marble Bar 210, 218

Margules, Julian 465

Mariposa
, SS 512

Marlborough Aero Club 366

Marshall, Gloria 241, 242

Marshall, John 241

Martin, Ray 588

Mary
, SS 149

Mascot airport 155, 171, 188, 215, 248, 267, 268, 300, 353, 437, 496, 501, 513, 519, 553, 563

Mata Hari 116

Matthews, Captain George C. ‘Skip’ 162–3, 455

Mauser rifle 71

May, Lieutenant Wilfrid ‘Wop’ 130–2

Meentheena 210–11, 214, 218–19, 221, 225

Melbourne 45, 357, 422, 437, 465, 467, 478, 502, 527, 577, 580

Melbourne Punch
49

Melrose, Jimmy 579–80, 581, 585, 589

Melville
HMT, 82

Memphis
, USS 262, 264

Mildenhall aerodrome 515, 518, 522, 528

Military Cross 123, 125–6

Miss Doran
277

Miss Hollydale
276

Miss Liverpool 1
600

Miss Southern Cross
499–501

Moffett 176–7, 181–2

Moll, Captain Jan Johannes 523

Mollison, Amy
see
Johnson, Amy

Mollison, James 437, 462, 475, 478, 508, 522, 531

Molokai Island 324

Monash, General John 115

Moncrieff, Dorothy 294, 295, 364, 592

Moncrieff, Lieutenant John 294, 360, 366, 583, 592

Monro, Major General Sir Charles 85

Monterey
, SS 544

Moody, Percy ‘Skipper’ 98, 406

Moreton, Sapper 21

Morrow, Dwight 450

Mullins, Captain 532

Mundabullangana Station 228

Murchison House station 198

Murray, Constable George 425

Murray, Paddy Lee 193

Musée National des Art et Metiers Techniques
591

Mussolini, Benito 42, 495, 537

Myanmar
see
Burma

Myer, Sidney 282–3, 288, 508, 510

Myers, Fred 420

Nasht, Simon
Last Explorer
605

navigation skills training 272–4

Neutral Bay, Sydney 30, 513

New Caledonia 525, 526

New Guard, the 474

New Guinea 143, 240, 242, 248

New Plymouth and New Zealand Aero Club 491

New South Wales Aero Club 287, 409

New York 448, 449–53, 572

New York Stock Exchange 434, 473

New York Times
261, 326, 374, 445, 537

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