SIR ROSS SMITH, whose tragic death at Brooklands during a trial of his Vickers’ machine, shocked the world. He was in charge of the machine and party which made the first flight from England to Australia, and he and his brother Keith were knighted by the King. His death led to the abandonment of the round the world flight.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16714, 21 April 1922, Page 5
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59SIR ROSS SMITH, whose tragic death at Brooklands during a trial of his Vickers’ machine, shocked the world. He was in charge of the machine and party which made the first flight from England to Australia, and he and his brother Keith were knighted by the King. His death led to the abandonment of the round the world flight. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16714, 21 April 1922, Page 5
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