MISS JOHNSON’S FLIGHT
HER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, May 18. Captain F. Matthews, who taught Miss Amy Johnson to fly, does not disguise his astonishment at her feat. He says her actual solo flying life prior to the present flight amounted only to 91 hours. She quickly absorbed everything it was possible to learn about forced landings.
The chief ground engineer of the London Aero Club, Mr Humphries, took Miss Johnson over every phase of her work—engines, maintenance, and rigging;—and she passed her examination with ease, said Captain Matthews. Nobody in the club was aware of her ambition. She had carried out only four cross-country flights, the longest of which was from London to Hull, a distance of 150 miles.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18024, 20 May 1930, Page 8
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