Amy Johnson (1903-1941) was born in Hull, UK, and studied at Sheffield University.
She was the first woman to make a solo flight from England to Australia. She made the flight in 1940, taking 19 and a half days. With only 90 hours flying experience, set out alone on May 5, 1930, in a DH Moth named ‘Jason’, in an attempt to beat Hinkler’s time for the flight from England to Australia.
Although she did not beat the record, she was world famous when she reached Australia.
She made other record breaking trips. Including a flight to Japan (1931), to Cape Town in South Africa (1932), and, with her husband James Mollison, to Karachi (1934).
She drowned after bailing from an aeroplane over the Thames Estuary.
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