MISS AMY JOHNSON THE STORY OF MY FLIGHT
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THE STORY OF MY FLIGHT” THIS RECORD WAS RECORDED IN SYDNEY(N.S.W.) AUSTRALIA BY MISS AMY JOHNSON (C.B.E.) HERSELF, AT THE CONCLUSION OF HER 11000 MILES FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA IN 1930. Autograph on the record, looks like blue biro but could possibly be an imprint
Columbia DB 189 78 speed
I have listed as used but this belonged to my grandfathers Aunt so am unsure if it was ever played or not! Vinyl and cover in very good condition, the bottom corners are slightly folded up on the cover but apart from this all looks like new. Also included is a newspaper cutting about souveneirs sold at Chrisies from the Telegraph newspaper dated 18.08.95.
AMY JOHNSON
Pioneering English aviatrix of the 1930s flying solo or with her husband Jim Mollison. She achieved worldwide recognition in 1930 becoming the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in her famous Gipsy Moth plane nicknamed Jason receiving the prestigious Harmon Trophy and a CBE.. In 1931 she became the first woman to fly from London to Moscow in one day completing the 1760 miles in 21 hours.
In 1932 she married famous Scottish pilot Jim Mollison who had during a flight together proposed to her only eight hours after they had met. In July 1932 she set a solo record for the flight from London to Cape Town breaking her new husband's record. Her next flights were as a duo flying with Mollison she flew G-ACCV "Seafarer" nonstop from South Wales to the the USA in 1933. However their aircraft ran out of fuel and crash-landed in Conneticut both were injured. After recuperating the pair were feted by New York society and received a ticker tape parade down Wall Street. In May 1936 Johnson made her last record-breaking flight regaining her Britain to South Africa record in G-ADZO. In 1938 Johnson divorced Mollison. Soon after she reverted to her maiden name. On 5 January 1941 while flying an Airspeed Oxford from Blackpool to Oxford Johnson went off course in poor weather. She drowned after bailing out into the Thames Estuary. Although she was seen alive in the water a rescue attempt failed and her body was never recovered. There is still some mystery about the accident as the exact reason for the flight is still a government secret. However in 1999 it was reported that Tom Mitchell from Sussex claimed to have shot the heroine down when she twice failed to give the correct identification code during her flight.
Brilliant for any collector, please contact me for further information and i'd be happy to help. No Pick ups or overseas. PAYPAL only
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