 Amy Johnson and Jason in Jhansi, India in 1930 Amy Johnson (1 July 1903 – 5 January 1941) C.B.E. was a pioneering British aviatrix who was born in Kingston upon Hull. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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James Allan (Jim) Mollison (1905-1959) was a famous Scottish pioneer airplane pilot. ...
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Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
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Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ...
Early life
Amy attended Boulevard Municipal Secondary School (later Kingston High School), and went on from there to the University of Sheffield, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. She then worked in London as secretary to the solicitor William Charles Crocker. She was introduced to flying as a hobby, gaining a pilot's licence at the London Aeroplane Club in late 1929. In that same year, she became the first British woman to gain a ground engineer's license. Kingston High School is a secondary school on Pickering Road in West Hull, England (now called Pickering High School). It was attended by Amy Johnson, Tom Courtney and John Alderton. ...
The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. ...
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Aviation career Her father, always one of her strongest supporters, offered to help her buy a second-hand Gipsy Moth. She named it "Jason," not after the voyager of Greek legend, but after her father's trade mark (he was a partner in the Andrew Johnson Knuditzon Fish Merchants).
Johnson achieved worldwide recognition when, in 1930, she became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. She left Croydon on 5 May of that year and landed in Darwin, Australia on 24 May after flying 11,000 miles. Her aircraft for this flight, a De Havilland Gipsy Moth (registration G-AAAH) named Jason, can still be seen in the Science Museum in London. She received the Harmon Trophy as well as a CBE in homage to this achievement, and was also honoured with the No. 1 civil pilot's licence under Australia's 1921 Air Navigation Regulations.[1] It has been suggested that Central Croydon be merged into this article or section. ...
May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ...
Darwin is the capital city of the Australian Territory of the Northern Territory. ...
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The de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth was a variant of the powered by the de Havilland Gipsy I engine. ...
The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. ...
The Harmon Aviator Trophy The Harmon Aviatrix Trophy The Harmon Trophy is a set of three international trophies, to be awarded annually to the worlds outstanding aviator, aviatrix (female aviator), and aeronaut (balloon or dirigible). ...
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander...
In July 1931, Johnson and her co-pilot Jack Humphreys became the first pilots to fly from London to Moscow in one day, completing the 1,760-mile journey in approximately 21 hours. From there, they continued across Siberia and on to Tokyo, setting a record time for flying from England to Japan. The flight was completed in a De Havilland Puss Moth. Position of Moscow in Europe Coordinates: , Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Government - Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Area - City 1,081 km² (417. ...
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, literally Eastern capital) is a unique subnational administrative region of Japan with characteristics of both a prefecture and a city. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 927 AD Area - Total 130...
The De Havilland Puss Moth is a three seater aeroplane designed in 1929 and used by Britain during the second world war mainly for communications. ...
In 1932, she married famous Scottish pilot Jim Mollison, who had, during a flight together, proposed to her only eight hours after they had met. Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic and Scots1 Government Constitutional monarchy - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II...
James Allan (Jim) Mollison (1905-1959) was a famous Scottish pioneer airplane pilot. ...
In July 1932, she set a solo record for the flight from London, England to Cape Town, South Africa in a Puss Moth, breaking her new husband's record. City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Province Western Cape Mayor Helen Zille Area - % water 2,499 km² N/A Population - Total (2004) - Density Not ranked 2,893,251 1,158/km² Established 1652 Time zone SAST (UTC+2...
Her next flights were as a duo, flying with Mollison, she flew a De Havilland Dragon Rapide nonstop from Pendine Sands, South Wales, to the United States in 1933. Their plane ran out of fuel, however, and crash-landed in Bridgeport, Connecticut; both were injured. The de Havilland DH 89 Dragon Rapide was a successful British short-haul passenger airliner of the 1930s. ...
Pendine Sands is a 7 mile long beach on the shores of Carmarthen Bay on the south coast of Wales. ...
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The Mollisons also flew in record time from England to India in 1934 in a De Havilland Comet as part of the England to Australia MacRobertson Air Race. They were forced to retire from the race at Allahabad due to engine trouble. The de Havilland DH.88 Comet was an aircraft designed for one very specific purpose - to win the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race for Britain. ...
The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race took place October, 1934 as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia). ...
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In May 1936, Johnson made her last record-breaking flight, regaining her England to South Africa record in a Percival Gull. Percival Gull British low wing wood and fabric 3-4 seat civil monoplane first flown in 1932, powered by an aircooled inline engine. ...
In 1938, Johnson divorced Mollison and soon after reverted to her maiden name.
Second World War In 1940, during the Second World War, she joined the newly formed ATA - Air Transport Auxiliary, whose job was to transport Royal Air Force planes around the country and rose to First Officer. (Her ex-husband Jim Mollison also flew for the ATA throughout the war period.) Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The Air Transport Auxiliary was a British World War II organisation established to transfer new, repaired and damaged warplanes between factories, delivery points from the United States, maintenance depots and active service airfields. ...
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Death On 5 January 1941, while flying an Airspeed Oxford from Blackpool to RAF Kidlington near Oxford, she went off course in poor weather. She drowned after bailing out into the Thames estuary. Although she was seen alive in the water, a rescue attempt failed and her body was lost - an incident which also led to the death of her would-be rescuer, Lt Cmdr Walter Fletcher of HMS Hazlemere. She was the first member of the Air Transport Auxiliary to die in service. January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Airspeed AS10 Oxford was a twin-engine aircraft used for training British Commonwealth aircrews in navigation, radio-operating, bombing and gunnery during World War II. // History The Oxford was based on Airspeeds commercial 8-seater Envoy III, seven of which had been modified for the South African Air...
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Oxford Airport also known as Oxford (Kidlington) Airport is a small private airport located near Kidlington in Oxfordshire. ...
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Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames...
Honours and tributes - In June 1930, Amy Johnson's flight to Australia was the subject of a contemporary popular song composed by Horatio Nicholls and recorded by Harry Bidgood, Jack Hylton, Arthur Lally, Arthur Rosebery and Debroy Somers .
- She was the guest of honour at the opening of the first Butlins holiday camp, in Skegness in 1936.
- In 1942 a film of Johnson's life, They Flew Alone, was made by director-producer Herbert Wilcox, starring his wife Anna Neagle as Johnson, and Robert Newton as Mollison. The movie is known in the US as Wings And The Woman.
- In 1958, a collection of Amy Johnson souvenirs and mementoes were donated by Amy's father to Sewerby Hall. The hall now houses a room dedicated to Amy Johnson in their museum.
- Scots singer songwriter Al Stewart sings about her in his song "Flying Sorcery" from his Year Of The Cat (1976) album.
- A girls' school in Kingston-Upon-Hull was named after her, but closed in 2004.
- The building housing the department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at The University of Sheffield is named after her.
- She was the subject of a £500,000 question on the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, in which the contestant failed by answering that the plane she flew solo from England to Australia was called Pegasus (correct answer is Jason).
- A Primary School on Rounshaw Residential Estate (formerly Croydon Airport) is named after her.
- A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 is named in her honor.
Butlins Holiday Camps were founded by (later Sir) Billy Butlin to provide economical holidays in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...
Skegness is a seaside resort town in Lincolnshire, England, with a permanent population of about 30,000. ...
Herbert Sydney Wilcox (19 April 1892, – 15 May 1977), was a British film producer and director. ...
Anna Neagle Anna Neagle (October 20, 1904 - June 3, 1986) was a popular British actress and singer. ...
Robert Newton as Long John Silver. ...
Carving at Sewerby Hall Sewerby Hall is a Grade I listed country house set in 50 acres of landscaped gardens in the village of Sewerby, East Riding of Yorkshire. ...
Al Stewart (born Alastair Ian Stewart on September 5, 1945, Glasgow, Scotland), is a British singer-songwriter and musician. ...
Year of the Cat is a 1976 album by Al Stewart. ...
In the United Kingdom, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers a maximum cash prize of one million pounds for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. ...
KLM Tailfins KLM (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before its merger with Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. ...
Varig MD-11 The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is a Widebody Trijet powered by three engines. ...
See also This is a list of famous people who have died by various forms of aircraft misadventure. ...
References - Nesbitt, Roy. "What did Happen to Amy Johnson?" Aeroplane Monthly (Part 1) Vol. 16, no. 1, January 1988, (Part 2) Vol. 16, no. 2, February 1988.
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External links - Science Museum exhibit on Amy Johnson
- BBC Humber site for Johnson centenary
- BBC education page on Amy Johnson
- Sewerby Hall, Bridlington, includes a display of Johnson memorabilia
- The RAF Museum, Hendon, includes another Johnson display
- RAF History page on Amy Johnson
- Amy Johnson on Find-A-Grave
- CWGC record
- Amy Johnson: Pioneer Aviator Article by LaRue Scott
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