Person
Smith, Keith Macpherson (1890 - 1955)
- Born
- 20 December 1890
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 19 December 1955
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Aviator
Summary
(Sir) Keith Macpherson Smith and his brother Ross (qv) were the earliest of the long distance flyers. They won the Australian government-sponsored England-Australia Race in 1919, flying a Vickers Vimy aircraft.
Details
Born Adelaide, 20 December 1890. Died Sydney, 19 December 1955. KBE ca 1920. Elder Smith & Co., Adelaide; Royal Air Force 1917-19; flew from England to Australia with his brother Ross (qv) in 28 days, November-December 1919; Australian agent for Vickers ca 1920 until his death; vice-president, British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines; director, Qantas and Tasman Airways. Vice-Chairman, Royal Australian Air Force Recruiting Drive Committee during World War II.
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Sibling
Published resources
Book Sections
- McCarthy, John, 'Smith, Sir Keith Macpherson (1890-1955) and Sir Ross Macpherson (1892-1922), airmen' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 654-656, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-sir-keith-macpherson-8478. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1738089. Details
- 'Smith, Keith Macpherson (1890-1955)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475880. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_s.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 7 August 2006
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