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Amy Johnson CBE (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s.
Batten soon aspired to fly from England to Australia solo in order claim the women's record for the trip of 10,500 miles (16,900 km) from the Englishwoman Amy Johnson, another member of the LAC. Johnson had set the record, which stood at 19½-days, in May 1930.
English: On this day in 1930, Amy Johnson became the 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Big City down under gives courageous girl flyer big reception. Amy Johnson makes a lovely speech. Available from AP Archive - story number is: BM753.
Amy Johnson and Jason, a DH.60G Gipsy Moth, in Jhansi, India in 1930. Most Gipsy Moths belonged to flying clubs, but after the Prince of Wales purchased a Gipsy Moth (G-AALG) for his own private flying, the aircraft became popular with high society. In addition the Moth was used for many record flights.
Amy Johnson (m. 1932; div. 1938) James Allan Mollison MBE (19 April 1905 – 30 October 1959) was a Scottish pioneer aviator who, flying solo or with his wife, Amy Johnson , set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s.
After divorcing her husband, May Bradford Shepherd (born May Bradford, the name she also used professionally) from Rubyvale, Queensland, overheard a conversation about aviator Amy Johnson, which fired her competitive spirit. [54] It inspired her to take flying lessons in Brisbane, Queensland in 1930 and she attained her "A" Licence on 16 ...
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1930: 1930-05-24: England to Australia, solo, female [7] Croydon Airport to Darwin: Gipsy Moth: Amy Johnson: 1930: 1930-07-04: Circumnavigation of Earth, via Australia [8] Oakland, California to Oakland, California, flying west: Fokker F.VII: Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm: 1931: 1931-01-07: Australia to New Zealand, solo [9] Sydney ...