Amy Johnson
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Amy Johnson (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s. In 1933, Katharine Hepburn's character in the film Christopher Strong was inspired by Johnson. She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary. Her aircraft crashed into the Thames Estuary: she died after bailing out. Because her body was never recovered, the precise cause of her death—drowning, hypothermia or being pulled into a warship's moving propellers, is unknown and has been a subject of discussion since the possibility of friendly fire was raised in 1999 (see below).
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- 1908 Recording of the Inventor of the Phonograph and the Motion Picture Camera - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- 1914 the Inventor Discusses His Work with Alexander Graham Bell as They Worked Together Inventing the Telephone - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- The 20th Century's Most Famous Physicist Discussing the Atomic Bomb in 1945 - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- The Biophysicist in 1962 Discussing His Work with James Watson in Discovering the Structure of DNA - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- 1953 Recording in Which the Inventor of the Jet Engine Discusses His Work - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- 1950 Recording in Which He Discusses Discovering Penicillin - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- In 1935 the Inventor Discussed the Sending of the First Transatlantic Wireless Message - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- The "Father" Of Psychoanalysis in 1938 Discussing His Work - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- The First Man to Fly Solo Across the Atlantic Discusses His Epic Journey in 1927 - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- 1909 Recording in Which the He Discusses His Participation in the Race to Conquer the South Pole - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- 1890 Recording in Which the Explorer Accepts The "Freedom of the City of London" - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- 1936 Recording in Which the Archaeologist Discusses Finding the Tomb of Tutankhamen - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- In 1930 She Discussed Becoming the First Woman to Fly Solo from Britain to Australia - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- Holder of World Records in Powerboating, Car Racing and Flying; Here, In 1931, She Discusses Her 'Round the World Flight - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- Recorded in 1934 the First Man to Fly Across the English Channel Discusses His 1909 Journey (In French) - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- The Only Man to Hold the Land and Water Speed Records at the Same Time in a 1931 Recording. - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- The First Woman Mp in the House of Commons Defends the Working Class and Discusses War in 1931 - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
- Leader of the Women's Suffragette Movement Championing Women's Right to Vote in 1908 - Great Audio Moments, Vol.40: Adventurers, Pioneers and Inventors - Amy Johnson
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