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Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC AFC (9 February 1897 – 8 November 1935), nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand. Kingsford Smith was born in Brisbane.
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith was an Australian pilot who, with a three-man crew, flew the Atlantic from Portmarnock, Ireland, to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, June 24–25, 1930. He was also the first to cross the mid-Pacific by air.
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (1897-1935), aviator, was born on 9 February 1897 in Brisbane, fifth son and seventh child of William Charles Smith, banker, and his wife Catherine Mary, née Kingsford.
Dec 7, 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Charles Kingsford Smith, the first man to fly across the Pacific and the first to fly from Australia to New Zealand. Discover his military service, his flying adventures, his marriages, and his mysterious disappearance.
Charles ‘Smithy’ Kingsford Smith was renowned as Australia’s boldest pilot, pioneering routes that include the first trans-Australian, trans-Tasman and trans-Pacific flights. As well as completing other record flights, he helped usher commercial aviation into Australia.
In 1928 Australian pilots Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, along with two US crewmen, became the first people to cross the Pacific Ocean by air in their three-engine Fokker aircraft, the Southern Cross.
Find records about the Australian pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935) in the collection of the National Archives. Explore his historic flights, defence service, honours and recognition, and the Kookaburra incident.
