AMY JOHNSON'S FLIGHT

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3447, 19 November 1932, Page 5

AMY JOHNSON'S FLIGHT

“POWERS OF ENDURANCE.” LETTER TO LONDON PAPER. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11.45 a.m.) London, November 18. Amy Johnson (Mrs. Mollison), in an article in the Daily Express written before her departure, says: “It is not a pioneer flight, but I wanted to be the first woman to fly solo on this route.” Mrs. Molliscn said she wanted to keep her hand in in long distance flying, and “satisfy myself in regard to my powers of endurance.” Mr. Mollison, in expressing an opinion that Amy’s hop is te'n hours off the record, says she followed his advice to go all out while fresh, and avoid his experience of being behind hand, which only necessitated long hops at the finish. AMY ARRIVES AT CAPETOWN. BEAT HER HUSBAND’S RECORD. ONLY FIVE HOURS’ SLEEP. (Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 8.40 a.m.) Capetown, November 18. Amy Johnson beat her husband’s record by te'n hours twenty-four minutes. Practically unassisted she repaired the lubricating fault at Benguella, to which place she returned after the •trouble developed. She resumed her flight at 4.30, having lost nine hours, rested a further three hours at Mossamedes, and left at 2.30 a.m. on the non-stop flight to Capetown. As she circled round the aerodrome the crowd broke the barriers and cheered wildly. Amy, on alighting, remarked: “It is fine to see Capetown again.” She immediately telephoned her husband in London. Amy had only five hours’ sleep, and the sti’ain of sleeplessness was terrific. She was delighted she had beaten her husband, though she said she would not be surprised “If he hopped into‘his plane and attemped to beat my record.” The worst stretch of the trip, she said, was the stretch from Dualla to Benguella, which she flew at night. HUSBAND’S TRIBUTE. KNEW SHE WOULD SUCCEED. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 9.45 a.m.) London, November 18. Mr. Mollison said he knew Amy would do it. He said: “The feat would have been fine for a man; for a woman it was splendid.”