Sir Ross Smith and Lieutenent Bennett were killed testing their machine at Brooklands. Sir Keith Smith did not participate in the flight. The machine rose at 12.15 o'clock, the flying conditions being most favourable. It flew perfectly for a quarter of an hour, but then ...
Article : 107 wordsIt is announced that Sir Keith Smith will not carry out the projected flight round the world. ...
Article : 20 wordsTributes to the deceased are paid by all the British and Continental Press, which declare that Sir Ross Smith was most daring and most resourceful, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 78 wordsThe route was to be via France, Italy, Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Burma, China, Japan, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Canadian Lakes, New York, St. ...
Article : 29 wordsHalf an hour before the fatal flight, Captain Cockerall, of Vickers, Ltd., had successfully flown the machine for 30 minutes. He then handed it over to Sir ...
Article : 61 wordsA worldwide feeling of regret, deepening to sincere sorrow throughout the Empire, and still more nearly touching Australia, will be felt at the sad news that ...
Article : 867 wordsAn eye-witness of the accident declares that the machine climbed gracefully and powerfully to a height of 3000 feet. It then swung to a vertical position, one ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 295 words"Grief is mingled with pride among the relatives of Lieutenant J. M. Bennett. There is sorrow at the loss of a son and brother, but pride in his ...
Article : 298 wordsThe Coroner at Weybridge held an inquiry into the cause of the death of Sir Ross Smith and Lieutenant Bennett. He said that it was an exceedingly sad case. ...
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Advertising : 111 wordsThe one topic of conversation in Adelaide to-day was the death of Sir Ross Smith, who was born in this city, and general sympathy was felt for his relatives. ...
Article : 88 wordsCaptain F. E. Guest has telegraphed to Sir Keith Smith on behalf of the Air Council and himself as follows: "Please accept sincerest condolences in the tragic ...
Article : 147 wordsIn an interview with a representative of the "Daily Telegraph" on the day prior to the fatal crash, Sir Ross Smith stated that he proposed to start on the big flight ...
Article : 353 wordsSir Ross Smith had accompanied Captain Cockerell (of Vickers' Limited) on the trial trip in the silver-grey Viking Amphibian, but the death flight was the ...
Article : 367 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) has received through the Governor-General the following message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—"Accept ...
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The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Sat 22 Apr 1922, Page 18
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