Talk:Charles Kingsford Smith

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 * Added that he is pictured on the Australian $20 note. Werdna648 01:55, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually AFAIK he was on the $20 paper note (1966-1994), but not on current the $20 polymer banknote. See Australian dollar.  --68.198.246.166 01:55, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Note the contradiction: He lived in Vancouver from 1905 to 1909, but was rescued on Bondi Beach in 1907. Did they go back and forth across the Pacific, or is there a problem here? 220.253.57.84 01:40, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

The following website [http://www.sx44.com/papers/SX44%20-%20Papers%20-%2044%20Year%20History%20-%20Part%201.htm ]has documents claiming to cover the early years of a Masonic lodge in Vancouver. Various Kingsford-Smiths (father and sons - presumably father and elder brothers of our man) appear up to Dec 1908, when it is noted that they then returned to Australia. This seems far too prosaic to be spurious. The National Museuem of Australia, which is apparently prepared to vouch for the near-death experience on Bondi Beach, says it happened when CKS was visiting Sydney. This would be entirely consistent with the family returning in 1909. What evidence is there for return to Oz in 1907 ? Rjccumbria (talk) 19:33, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

"Coffee Royal" Incident
I'm surprised there's no mention of the "coffee royal" affair in this article - it seems like it was a big deal at the time: http://www.wrcs.org.au/articles/32.htm —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.240.228.37 (talk • contribs).


 * Yep, I was going to write about it a while back - I got as far as putting a section header in - but then I got distracted. FiggyBee 10:39, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I have made a start on a section now... FiggyBee (talk) 19:08, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

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Substantial nuisance vandalism
This page has had a large number of small vandalism edits made to it. I have tried to fix most of them, but I am not a subject expert here, so someone who is should review this article in its entirety. Ψν Psinu 11:14, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

"Discovery" of aircraft
There is another story in The Australian quoting the film maker Damian Lay and his findings. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/ive-found-kingsford-smiths-plane-damien-lay/story-e6frg95x-1225913463098

I dont believe these stories should be included in the main article on the basis that they are not much more than speculation. There is no conclusive evidence apart from the film-makers word for it. Thoughts?. YMAYpilot (talk) 01:27, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Ken Richards as Kingsford Smith's observer ?
"During the First World War, Ken Richards had been the observer in Kingsford Smith's plane in France". Kingsford Smith flew single seater SPADS in France. ?? Rcbutcher (talk) 12:23, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I found this which talks more about the relationship between the two men, which also mentions being the observer in France but gives no more detail. Curiously I find a 1950s newspaper article that tells this story about the flight in Cowra having happened back in 1922, yet there is no newspaper story from 1922 (or thereabouts) about this incident. Hmm. Kerry (talk) 21:09, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

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Qantas
Did he ever fly for, or work with, Qantas? MBG02 (talk) 10:57, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Circumnavigation
The List of circumnavigations page states that "Between 1928 and 1930 Charles Kingsford Smith made a series of flights completing the first circumnavigation by monoplane and first "true" circumnavigation (crossing equator) by air", but this page doesn’t mention any such thing. It does say that his plane, Southern Cross, after crossing the Atlantic, "continued on to Oakland, California, completing a circumnavigation of the world, begun in 1928"; but also that CKS flew it across the Atlantic from the Netherlands: while the Southern Cross page says that it crashed in 1929 in Australia, and was sold there in 1935. So, which is it? Did CKS complete an aerial circumnavigation between 1928 and 1930? Did he and Southern Cross fly from Australia to Europe sometime around 1929? Or is the entry on the list page just someone’s assumption: Does anybody know for sure? Moonraker12 (talk) 17:25, 13 April 2024 (UTC)