Time fly’s!!:D
80 year’s ago today, Smithy, Ulm and two Septic’s :rolleyes: done the Pacific in the Old Bus 😎
And to this day I have never seen the old girl in person :(, in 96 I was at Brizzy, ran out to see her, BUT my flight to Cairn’s was leavin and I had to rush and get it!:o
BUGGGER!!:mad:
Maybe next time will be the DAY!!
Do ya reckon they will let me take the old bus for a quick spin! 😮 I would just love to loop her like Smithy was known too 😎
MAN that Smithy held 11 world aviation record’s at one point!:)
You other formy’s can add more detail’s if ya like, I have to go for now….
Ooooooo Roooooo………………………..CROC’S RULE!!:dev2:
By: RPSmith - 16th June 2008 at 09:39
He certainly did a lot of flying – lot of ‘firsts’ and breaking records.
Most of us think of “Southern Cross” when Smithy’s name is mentioned but he used quite a variety of different aeroplanes. Is someone going to post a pic of “Southern Cross” preserved at ??Brisbane?? Airport – do any of his other aircraft survive?
Picked up a copy of the book “Smithy” a while ago but haven’t read it yet. I am just reading “Propellorhead” by Anthony Woodward. Hillarious – and there is a connection. The basis of Woodward’s story is his learning to fly so he could use his aeroplane as a sex aid to attract girls. It seems Kingsford-Smith was a ladies man and used this technique. Woodward suggests it may have been Smithy who coined the phrase “a ride for a ride” 😉
Roger Smith. (no relation as far as I know)
By: STORMBIRD262 - 13th June 2008 at 05:52
Com on I an tooo croook to fill in all the detail’s on a great MAN!
:dev2:AUSSIE :dev2: AUSSIE:dev2: AUSSIE :dev2:
:p Oi :p Oi :p Oi :p
CROC’S RULE!!!! :dev2:
Oooooooo Rooooooooooooo 😉
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