1903-1941 English aviator who set flying records. In 1930 Johnson was the first female pilot to fly solo from England to Australia. The next year she flew from England to Moscow in one day. She also completed the first solo round trip between England...

Amy Johnson Born 1903, Hull, England Died January 5, 1941, London, England Amy Johnson was born in the northern English seaport of Hull, where her father was a well-to-do fish merchant. She attended Sheffield University for three years. After an unhappy...

Amy Johnson (1 July 1903 – 5 January 1941) C.B.E. was a pioneering British aviatrix. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, Johnson set numerous long-distance records during the 1930s. Johnson flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air...