Amy, Wonderful Amy

Tue 2 November 2010 - Sat 6 November 2010

ADC Theatre

In January 1941, whilst ferrying an aircraft as part of the war effort, Britain’s foremost woman aviator, Amy Johnson, met her death in unresolved circumstances. To this day details of the disaster which befell this popular ‘Queen of the Skies’ remain shrouded in mystery.

Born in Hull, the daughter of a local fish merchant, Amy Johnson went on to become internationally famous as a pioneer and promoter of global air travel in the 1930s. Her first solo flight was made after less than 16 hours tuition and she was one of the first women in Britain to obtain a ground engineers licence. 2010 is the 80th anniversary of her solo flight from Croydon to Port Darwin in Australia.

Her marriage to fellow pilot Jim Mollison, her lifelong friendship with Winifred Irving, her association with aircraft engineer Jack Humphreys, and the events leading up to her death are vividly portrayed in this well crafted piece of theatre by local Cambridge author Rex Walford.

Cost: £4 - £6