“SMITHY”
(Short tribute to Sir Charles Kingsford Smith written December 20th, 1935 by W. R. Whiteside) Vale Smithy, Knight of the skies! You blazed the trail for progress Counting not the cost nor prize. Across the world’s vast spaces O’er its peaks and stormy seas You winged your way victorious A million miles with ease; Until at last you vanished In a way that wasn’t right Flying ever onward Into the night! But in the distant future Whilst pilots climb and fall You’ll ever be remembered As the greatest of them all!
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 96, 19 February 1947, Page 2
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92“SMITHY” Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 96, 19 February 1947, Page 2
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