DICK SMITH

BY JACK

CONTENTS
GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. INFORMATION. WHAT CONTRIBUTION DID DICK SMITH MAKE TO THE WORLD. AUSTRALIA MADE THE FIRST SOLO HELICOPTER. CHILDHOOD. SMITH. BUSINESS. WHY DID DICK SMITH TAKE THIS PATH IN HIS LIFE . INFORMATION ABOUT DICK

INFORMATION ABOUT DICK SMITH.

HOW DID SMITHS WORK MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT DICK SMITHS EARLY LIFE.

CHILDHOOD
THERE WAS NO INDICATION WHEN DICK SMITH WAS A CHILD THAT HE WOULD GROW UP TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE.IN FACT, HE NEVER EXPECTED TO MAKE ANY MONEY HIMSELF. HE WAS BORN ON 18 MARCH 1944 AT ROSEVILLE IN SYDNEY AND HIS PARENTS NAMED HIM RICHARD HAROLD SMITH DICK AND PIP SMITH AT THEIR WEDDING, IN MARCH 1969

INFORMATION ABOUT DICK SMITH

IN 1989, HE MADE THE FIRST HELICOPTER FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD THAT PASSED THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES. IN 1993,SMITH MADE THE FIRST CROSSING OF AUSTRALIA IN A HOT AIR BALLOON. RICHARD HAROLD SMITH, OR DICK SMITH AS HE IS KNOWN TO MOST OUST- RADIANS, IS A PASSIONATE MAN HE IS A PASSIONATE ABOUT MANY THINGS: HE IS A CONSERVATIONIST A BUSINESSMAN, A PHALANX AND PHALANX MEANS A BODY OF TROOPS OR POLICE OFFICERS STANDING OR MOVING IN CLOSE FORMATION. "SIX HUNDRED MARCHERS SET OFF, LED BY A PHALANX OF POLICE"

INFORMATION
DICK SMITH MADE THE FIRST SOLO HELICOPTER FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD [1982-3 SMITH SUPPORTS MANY CHARITIES HE ENJOYS EXPLORING REMOTE PLACES ELECTRONICS BUSINESS WHICH BECAME SO SUCCESSFUL

THERE WERE MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES IN WHICH DICK SMITH INDULGED. IN 1999 HE ESTABLISHED DICK SMITH FOODS WHICH BECAME FAMOUS FOR ARNETT'S BISCUITS. APART FROM BUSINESS HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF AUSTRALIAN SKEPTICS AND ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY.

BUSINESS
DICK SMITH IS ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT AND SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMEN OF AUSTRALIA. HIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY HAS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED. HIS NAME IS FAMOUS ALL AROUND THE WORLD FOR HIS COMPANY DICK SMITH ELECTRONICS. THE COMPANY WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT IT HAD VENTURED IN TO THE MARKETS OF UNITED STATES. RICHARD HAROLD SMITH IS THE OTHER NAME OF DICK SMITH.

WHAT HE DID
STARTED HIS OWN ELECTRONICS BUSINESS. ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENJOY THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH. . FOUR YEARS LATER, HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY A HELICOPTER TO THE NORTH POLE.

WHY DID DICK SMITH TAKE THIS PATH IN HIS LIFE

IN 1989 DICK SMITH BECAME THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AUSTRALIAN
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY, MAKING DECISIONS AIRPORTS

HOW DID SMITHS WORK MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD

BIBLIOGRAPHY
AUSTRALIA ON NET, AUSTRALIA DICTION OF BIOGRAPHY, MAKERS & SHAKERS DICK SMITH AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURER DICK SMITH HELICOPTER & ELECTRONICS