Amy Johnson
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Amy Johnson was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
Johnson, c. 1930
Johnson in her Gipsy Moth leaving Australia for Newcastle, 14 June 1930
Amy Johnson and Jack Humphreys' visit to Japan, September 1931
Amy Johnson and Jason in Jhansi, India, in May 1930
Jim Mollison
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James Allan Mollison MBE was a Scottish pioneer aviator who, flying solo or with his first wife, Amy Johnson, set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s.
Amy Johnson
…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. In 1933, Katharine Hepburn's character in the film Christopher Strong was inspired by Johnson…
Mollison at Floyd Bennett Field, 1936, and his Bellanca 28-90.