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Charles Kingsford Smith holding a model airplane in a crowd of admirers (ddr-njpa-1-727)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Sydney). When a model airplane fair for young people opened in Syndey recently, Kingsford Smith, famous as Australia's hero of the air, was invited as an honorary member. Seeing this world famous pilot in person, each of these youths asked for technical advice from this great hero about their own airplanes and …
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Newspaper clipping regarding Charles Kingsford Smith (ddr-njpa-1-726)
Caption on reverse: "An English aviator sets a new record for the flight to Australia; wing commander Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith starts from London on the flight on which he bettered by more than forty hours the previous record made by C.W.A. Scott. His elapsed time was 7 days 4 hours and 44 minutes. (Times Wide World …
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Charles Kingsford Smith standing next to his plane (ddr-njpa-1-724)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kingsford Smith Fails to Set New Record from Britain to Australia. (Sydney) Rengo Arrived Today. The famous Australian aviator Major Kingsford Smith, who departed from Windham on September 23 to break the record set by former RAF pilot Charles William Scott in April of nine days and three hours from Britain to …
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Charles Kingsford Smith standing in front of a car (ddr-njpa-1-725)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Smith's 'Baby Car' Unsuitable for the Hero of the 'Southern Cross.' (Sydney) Rengo. The car belonging to the famous Australian pilot Kingsford Smith, who gained fame for crossing the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and magnificently making it from Australia to Britain in the 'Southern Cross' is a cute one. Even though his …