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From 14e18 November 1932 Amy Johnson, CBE flew her new de Havilland DH
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From 14e18 November 1932 Amy Johnson, CBE flew her new de Havilland DH
From 14Ð18 November 1932 Amy Johnson, CBE flew her new de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth, registration G-ACAB, from Lympne Aerodrome, London, England, to Cape Town, South Africa, a distance of approximately 6, 300 miles (10, 140 kilometers) in a total elapsed time of 4 days, 6 hours, 54 minutes. This broke the previous record which had been set by her husband, Jim Mollison, by 10 hours, 28 minutes.
Pictured here is Amy Mollison in her aircraft upon arrival at Croydon Aerodrome on the return flight the following month.
18th December 1932
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