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2 unusual facts about Ross Smith


Ross Smith

Ross W. Smith (born 1965), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne

Ross G. Smith (born 1942), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda


Fannie Bay, Northern Territory

Situated in the suburb is the Fannie Bay Gaol museum, Fannie Bay Race Track and a monument to Ross Smith, captain of the Vickers Vimy that, in December 1919, was the first aircraft to fly from England to Australia in less than 30 days.

Vickers Viking

The Type 54 Viking IV incorporated further refinements and had a wider cabin above a hull one foot wider, an example being G-EBBZ in which Ross Smith and J.M. Bennett (partners in the 1919 England to Australia flight) died on 13 April 1922 just outside the Brooklands racetrack near Weybridge in Surrey.


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