Hull-born Ms Johnson made history in 1930 when she became the first woman to fly her Gypsy Moth plane ... picture of Amy Johnson’s extraordinary career as a pioneering pilot and navigator ...

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 ...