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  2. AVIATION TRAGEDY.

    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 words
  3. WORLD FLIGHT ABANDONED.

    It is announced that Sir Keith Smith will not carry out the projected flight round the world. ...

    Article : 20 words
  4. PRESS TRIBUTES.

    Tributes 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 words
  5. ROUTE OUTLINED.

    The route was to be via France, Italy, Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Burma, China, Japan, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Canadian Lakes, New York, St. ...

    Article : 29 words
  6. DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT.

    Half 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 words
  7. NOTABLE CAREERS.

    A 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 words
  8. EYE-WITNESS'S STORIES.

    An 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
  9. "GRIEF IS MINGLED WITH PRIDE."

    "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 words
  10. THE INQUEST.

    The 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. ...

    Article : 211 words
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  12. "AUSTRALIA MOURNS."

    The 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 words
  13. AN IRREPARABLE LOSS.

    Captain 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 words
  14. THE PROPOSED FLTGHT.

    In 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 words
  15. THE SCENE AT BROOKLANDS.

    Sir 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 words
  16. THE NATION'S REGRET.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) has received through the Governor-General the following message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—"Accept ...

    Article : 93 words
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