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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

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