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Amy Johnson’s most famous flight was her epic journey from England to Australia. Although she did not finish the trip in the fastest time achieved by earlier flyers, she did become the first solo female flyer to complete the journey.
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On May 24, 1930, Amy Johnson, a young British pilot from Hull, touched down in Darwin, Australia. She had just completed an 8,600-mile journey alone in a two-year-old de Havilland Moth she had named Jason. The journey had taken her 19 1/2 days. The press and public were ecstatic. The "Daily Mail" awarded her [sterling]10,000, "the largest amount ever paid for a feat of daring." The King and Queen of England, the British prime minister, and Charles Lindbergh were among the many dignitaries who sent her congratulatory wishes.
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Amy Johnson took off from Croydon airport for her epic journey to Australia on 5 May 1930. The eyes of the world were on her as she made an emergency landing in the desert in a sand storm, crashed the plane in India and got lost amongst tribes people on a Pacific island. On arrival in Australia on 24 May, she was an international celebrity.
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After servicing her aircraft, Amy took off from Surabaya on the morning of May 22nd with the aim of reaching Atambua, nine hundred miles away. The flight was without weather or mechanical problems, but poor navigation by the young Amy deviated her from her original landing site. She landed at Haliluk, a remote tropical area, twelfth miles away. By the afternoon of the 23rd, Amy finally reached Atambua, the launching point for the final phase of her amazing quest, Port Darwin, Australia. The last leg of the trip was probably the most danger one. The journey called for Johnson to fly her DH60 airplane over the Sea of Timor enroute to Darwin, a distance of five hundred miles.
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Johnson achieved worldwide recognition when, in 1930, she became the first woman to fly solo from Britain, to Australia. She left Croydon, south of London, on 5 May of that year and landed in Darwin, Australia on 24 May after flying 11,000 miles. Her aircraft for this flight, a De Havilland Gipsy Moth (registration G-AAAH) named Jason, can still be seen in the Science Museum in London. She received the Harmon Trophy as well as a CBE in recognition of this achievement, and was ... honoured with the No. 1 civil pilot's licence under Australia's 1921 Air Navigation Regulations.[3]
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Amy now decided to prove herself as a pilot with a record-breaking flight. In 1927 Charles Lindbergh had made the first solo Atlantic crossing. The following year, Bert Hinkler had made the first solo flight from Britain to Australia. Amy, whose longest flight to date had been the two hours from London to Hull, aimed to beat Hinkler's time of 15 days.
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