Title

Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). 'On August 6, 1931, James Mollison broke, by one day, the Australia-England record established but a few days before by his friend C.W.A. Scott. He covered the distance in 8 days, 22 hours, 25 minutes. He is seen here on his arrival at Croydon welcomed by Mr. Montagu, Under Secretary of State for Air'. Pioneer British aviator Jim Mollison (1905-1959) was married to fellow pilot and distance record-breaker Amy Johnson. From "The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

Date

1933

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F35_276

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,9Mb (2,9Mb) / 18,5in x 13,4in / 5549 x 4024 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation London England people male man men flying politics country flight guy British airport Scotland distance political location SCOTTISH century distant arrival Britain welcome welcoming pilot thirties aviation record concept arriving politician minister aviator Airman B W 1930s politicians 20th century Scots statesman The Print Collector Croydon TGN James photograph Unknown Scott Frederick Jim James A Baron White Montague Croydon Airport Mollison James Mollison Charles William Anderson Scott Odhams Press Ltd Henry E White Henry E Henry E.White Henry E. Under-Secretary of State for Air James Allan James Allan Mollison Jim Mollison James A Mollison Frederick Montague 1st Baron Amwell Baron Amwell Amwell Frederick Montag Charles William Anderson C.W.A. Scott C.W.A. CWA Scott CWA C W A Scott C W A Flight Lieutenant Charle