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Amy Johnson (Amy Mollison) Royal Aero Club Certificate 8662 (28 Jun 1929) |
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Amy Johnson, Hull's Finest a.k.a. Amy Mollison Born 1st July 1903 in Kingston upon Hull; Amy was 'a slight young woman with heavily lidded eyes, dentured teeth, a shy smile and a soft Yorkshire accent' [she later developed a rather fake upper-class BBC one, possibly under her husband Jim's influence]. By 1929, a secretary (albeit one with an economics degree, and an engineer's licence to go with her aviator's certificate) turned solo record-breaking pilot and all-round nation's sweetheart. Married for six years to Jim Mollison (which was a Big Mistake). On May 26th, 1932, after her solo flight from America, Amelia Earhart was the guest of the Royal Aero Club in London, and amongst the ladies in attendance were Lady Bailey, Amy, and Winifred Spooner (less than a year before her untimely death).  Air Transport Auxiliary in WWII (Died in Service) Amy's aircraft included: a 1928 DH.60G Gipsy Moth (G-AAAH) which she named 'Jason', and is now in the Science Museum; a 1930 DH.80A Puss Moth, G-AAZV, 'Jason II'; a 1930 DH.60G Gipsy Moth, G-ABDV, er, 'Jason III'. After 1930 she owned: a 1932 DH.60G III Moth Major, G-ABVW, ... ummm, let me guess... yes... 'Jason 4', and a 1932 DH.80A Puss Moth, G-ACAB, 'The Desert Cloud'. |
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