Smithy (film)

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"Smithy" (1946) was a film about pioneering Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his legendary flight across the Pacific Ocean, from San Francisco, California, United States to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia during 1928. This was the first-ever trans-Pacific flight. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was the pilot of the Fokker FV11-3m three-engine monoplane "Southern Cross", with Australian aviator Charles Ulm as the relief pilot. The other two crew members were Americans James Warner and Harry Lyon.

The film Smithy was known as "Pacific Adventure" in the United States and as "Southern Cross" in the United Kingdom. The cast list for the movie included: Ron Randell as Charles Kingsford Smith and John Tate as the relief pilot Charles Ulm. Charles 'Bud' Tingwell was also a member of the cast as a control tower officer. The director the film was Ken G. Hall.