King of the Air: The Turbulent Life of Charles Kingsford SmithA revealing portrait of a brilliant and troubled figure a daredevil of the skies. Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages the first trans Pacific flight from America to Australia, the first circumnavigation around the equator, the first non stop crossing of the Australian mainland. He did it all with such courage, modesty and