Biographies of Ross and Keith Smith. Ross enlisted in the Australian Flying Corps and Keith the Royal Flying Corps in WW1. Together with mechanics W Shiers and J Bennett they were, 1919, the first to fly England to Australia. Ross died in an aircraft accident in 1922 and Keith went on to prominent roles in Qantas and other Australian airlines.
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