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Dick Smith
Grant
Dwyer, Dick Smith, Greg Tingle and Kashif Amjad
Dick Smith, well known businessman,
adventurer / explorer, aviator and film-maker, was
born on 18 March 1944 in Roseville.
A
brief outline of his achievements is listed below:
First
Trans-Tasman Balloon flight - 2000
Founded Dick Smith Foods - 1999
Chairman of the National Centenary of Federation Council
- 1996-2000
Appointed as Ambassador for the Council for Aboriginal
Reconciliation - 1998
Chairman of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Board
- 1997-1999 & 1990-1992
First non-stop balloon crossing of the Australian
continent - 1993
Awarded the Lindbergh Award. An annual world-wide
award given to one individual for lifetime achievement
for a balance between technical advancement and environmental
preservation - 1992.
Founded Australian Geographic in 1986 and returned
the Australian Encyclopaedia to Australian ownership
in 1987, sold to Australian-owned John Fairfax Publications
Pty Ltd - 1995. Now privately owned following management
buy-out in 1998
First person to fly around the world via the poles
in 1989 and made the first helicopter flight to the
North Pole in 1987
Australian of the Year for 1986
First solo helicopter flight around the world - 1983
Founded Dick Smith Electronics 1968 (which was sold
to Aussie-owned Woolworths in 1982)
Awarded Baden Powell Award in 1966 after 14 years
in the scouting movement
Publications:
Above
the World (1996)
Solo Around the World (1992)
Our Fantastic Planet (1991)
Two Years in the Aviation Hall of Doom (1986)
The Earth Beneath Me (1983)
(Credit:
Dick Smith)
Websites
Dick
Smith Foods
Dick
Smith Electronics
Australian Geographic
Profiles
Australian
Geographic
Media
Man Australia
Entrepreneurs
and Innovators
Aviation
Directory
The Environment
Sponsorships,
Clients & Affiliates
Social
and Community Entrepreneurs
Media
Man Australia does not represent Dick Smith
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