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)