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Amy Johnson è stata un'aviatrice britannica. Laureatasi in economia, cominciò a volare nel 1928 per passatempo e nel maggio 1930, meno di un anno dopo aver conseguito il suo brevetto, partì per un volo transcontinentale che l'avrebbe resa la prima donna a volare dall'Inghilterra all'Australia e ne avrebbe fatto così una delle ...
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. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison , she set many long-distance records during the 1930s.
5 gen 2019 · Amy Johnson, di cui oggi ricorre l’anniversario della misteriosa morte, negli anni Trenta era una delle persone più famose del mondo, ma la sua morte, avvenuta nel 1941, fu oscurata dalle vicende belliche.
Amy Johnson (born July 1, 1903, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, Eng.—disappeared Jan. 5, 1941, over the Thames estuary) was a pioneering female aviator who first achieved fame as a result of her attempt to set a record for solo flight from London to Darwin, Australia.
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23 ott 2020 · In 1930, British aviator Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from Great Britain to Australia. Discover the story of the flight and the extraordinary aircraft she used to complete the...
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Learn about the life and achievements of Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930. Discover how she became a celebrity, a record-breaker and a war heroine, and how she died in mysterious circumstances in 1941.
25 gen 2024 · A fragment of wreckage believed to be from aviator Amy Johnson's doomed aircraft is to be auctioned. Ms Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Australia, died 11 years after the...
