"SMITHY'S" VISIT
If present plans are carried ! out, New Zealand will be host to Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, the ; greatest British airman, an;d one who has done as much for aviation as any man living today. The thorough preparations which are being made for his next Tasman flight explain in part the astonishing suecess of his flying career. "Smithy" has never left anything to chance. He has always made his plans, worked out his timetable, and in almost every case kept to it. Men who do otherwise, even though they may succeed in hazI ardous ventures, are not . such I good servants toi aviation as he is. They gain temporary praise, but when the history of the pioneering days of aviation is written, Sir Charles KingsfordSmith's great exploits will have a glowing chapter of their own. He is to aviation what Drake and Columbus were to ocean travel. The trails he blazed are : those which will be used by others years hence when longdistance flying is a commonplace. This is the man whom New Zealand will welcome again. He is no stranger to this country, and he can be sure of a fitting reception. New Zealanders who see him and meet him can reflect that here is one who has won for himself a lasting place in the huge and varied chtonicles of mankind.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 425, 9 January 1933, Page 4
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