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'In an action-packed life, the indomitable "Smithy" went from fighting as a soldier amid the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front to taking to the skies against the likes of the Red Baron - for which he won the Military Cross for gallantry - before becoming the greatest peacetime aviator of his generation.
'Along with Charles Ulm, he was the first to conquer the Pacific by air, the first to fly across the Tasman Sea, the fastest to fly from England to Australia, and the first pilot to circumnavigate the globe by crossing the equator.
With typical flair, FitzSimons also tells the story of several breakthroughs, some made in Australia, which laid the foundation for the Wright brothers' success in 1903; the first flight across the Channel in 1908; Germany's Red Baron terrorising the Allies in 1917-18, before being shot down by an Australian; Ross and Keith Smith's first flight from England to Australia in 1919; the formation of Qantas in 1921; Lindbergh's stunning vault between America and Europe in 1927; the Great Centenary Air Race; the loss of the Southern Cloud; the saga of Bert Hinkler and much, much more...' (Publisher's blurb)
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First Among Equals
2009
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review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 314 2009; (p. 47-48)
— Review of Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men 2008 single work biography -
Flights of Fancy
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 19 - 25 August no. 748 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men 2008 single work biography -
At the Heights of Heroism
2009
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 August 2009; (p. 32)
— Review of Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men 2008 single work biography -
A Wing and Prayer
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 July 2009; (p. 13)
— Review of Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men 2008 single work biography -
Knights of the Air
2009
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 21 June 2009; (p. 6-7)
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Adventurer Who Was Born to Fly
2009
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review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 June 2009; (p. 11-12)
— Review of Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men 2008 single work biography -
Non-Fiction Books
2009
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 June 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men 2008 single work biography -
Flights of Fancy with Smithy
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 July 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men 2008 single work biography -
A Wing and Prayer
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 July 2009; (p. 13)
— Review of Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men 2008 single work biography -
At the Heights of Heroism
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 August 2009; (p. 32)
— Review of Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men 2008 single work biography -
Knights of the Air
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 21 June 2009; (p. 6-7)