BELLINGHAM, Wash. — It appears a mystery has been solved 90 years after a dad's disappearance.

Charles Kingsford-Smith is a legendary aviator credited with being the first person to fly across the Pacific Ocean. His plane went down somewhere in Southeast Asia in 1935 while attempting to break the England to Australia speed record. Where and why remained a mystery for nearly a century.

Now, likely answers come for a son who has been waiting his whole life for them.

Charles Kingsford-Smith is on the Australian $20 bill, but a stranger to his son with the same name. 92-year-old Charles Kingsford-Smith lives in Bellingham and goes by Chuck.

"I did miss the privilege of growing up with my father," Chuck said. "Any boy who's got good parents wants to be with his father during his growing up

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