Peter FitzSimons - Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was one of Australia’s true twentieth-century legends. In an era in which aviators were superstars, ‘Smithy’ was among the greatest.

Among other achievements, Kingsford Smith was the first person to fly across the Pacific, he broke the record for the fastest flight from England to Australia, and at one point he held more long-distance flying records than anyone else on the planet.

Peter FitzSimons is a journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald. He is the author of nearly twenty books — including 'Tobruk' and biographies of Nancy Wake‚ Kim Beazley‚ Nene King‚ Nick Farr-Jones‚ Steve Waugh and John Eales – and was Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer in 2001 and 2004.

He spoke at Mosman Library on 29 July 2009.

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