Johnson, Amy (1903-1941), a British airwoman, won fame in 1930 when she became the first woman to make a solo flight from England to Australia. Johnson went on to make many other record-breaking trips, including a flight to Japan in 1931; flights to Cape Town, South Africa in 1932 and 1936; and a flight to Karachi, Pakistan, with her husband, the British aviator James Mollison, in 1934.
Johnson was born on July 1, 1903, in Hull, England. She attended Sheffield University. She was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1930. In 1933, Johnson won the Seagrave Trophy, a British award for outstanding achievements by land, air, or water. In 1939, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary. She drowned on Jan. 5, 1941, after baling out from an airplane over the Thames estuary.
