![]() ![]() In that same year, she became the first British woman to obtain a ground engineer's "C" licence. 1979, on 6 July 1929, both at the London Aeroplane Club under the tutelage of Captain Valentine Baker. 8662, on 28 January 1929, and a pilot's "A" licence, No. She was introduced to flying as a hobby, gaining an aviator's certificate, No. She then worked in London as secretary to a solicitor, William Charles Crocker. Johnson was educated at Boulevard Municipal Secondary School (later Kingston High School) and the University of Sheffield, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. She was the eldest of three sisters, the next in age being Irene who was a year younger. The cause of her death has been a subject of discussion over many years.īorn in 1903 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Amy Johnson was the daughter of Amy Hodge, granddaughter of William Hodge, a Mayor of Hull, and John William Johnson whose family were fish merchants in the firm of Andrew Johnson, Knudtzon and Company. She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary and disappeared during a ferry flight. 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.įlying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |