LIMITED EXPERIENCE
TUTOR ASTONISHED AT FEAT
LONDON, 18th May.
. Captain F. Matthews, who taught Miss Johnson to fly, does not disguise his astonishment at her feat. He says her actual flying prior to the flight to Australia was about ninety-one hours.
"She quickly absorbed everything possible to learn about forced landings. Our ground engineer took her over every phase of tho work of engines' maintenance' and rigging. She.passedtho examination with ease. Nobody in the club was aware of her ambition. She e'arried out only four cross-country flights. The longest was from London to Hull, 150 miles."
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 117, 20 May 1930, Page 9
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