Title

Amy Johnson, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Amy Johnson, 1930, (1933). 'Amy Johnson 'reading congratulatory telegrams en route'. In 1930, British aviator Johnson (1903-1941) became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in her DH60 Moth aeroplane 'Jason' and in 1933 she flew non-stop across the Atlantic in a De Havilland biplane with her husband James Mollison. Johnson joined the Air Transport Auxilary as a pilot in World War II, during which she was lost after baling out over the Thames estuary. From "The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

Date

1933

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F35_264

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,9Mb (3,3Mb) / 11,0in x 23,0in / 3290 x 6891 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation female woman people flight reading clothes British dress century shorts Britain first message messages pilot clothing thirties solo aviation concept pioneer congratulating congratulation aviator telegram telegrams Airman B W 1930s 20th century The Print Collector Amy Johnson photograph Unknown Johnson Amy White Odhams Press Ltd Henry E White Henry E Henry E.White Henry E.