He was Australia’s biggest aviator – and have become one in all Australia’s biggest aviation mysteries. Pioneering pilot Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the namesake of Sydney Airport, disappeared alongside together with his co-pilot Tommy Pethybridge over the Andaman Sea in 1935.
For many years, the precise destiny and placement of Smithy, Tommy, and their airplane the Woman Southern Cross remained a thriller – however now, one Australian author, filmmaker and explorer is bound he’s discovered their last resting place.
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