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The tragic death of pioneering aviator Amy Johnson

Most readers will be familiar with the name Amy Johnson, the pioneering English aviator, but perhaps less so with the details of her untimely death. ....

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Life as a chemist in the second world war

By Margaret Appleton2021-05-21T08:33:00+01:00
Life as a chemist in the second world war
Many chemists did vital work in the second world war, often in challenging circumstances. My father, Robert Hopkins, who died recently aged 100, was one of them. As a flavour of the times, here is a small selection from his reminiscences.
Source: © M-H Jeeves
I was nineteen and halfway through a course in chemistry at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London when war broke out. The course was speeded up by increasing the number of lectures at the expense of practical work, and the final exams took place in summer 1940. Practical exams were in a one storey wooden building in South Kensington, and we were periodically chivvied into a more solid place when the exam observer thought planes were rather too close. Gas pressure for the Bunsen burner was low and work was difficult even when you knew what to do. ....

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Late Great Engineers: Amy Johnson - pioneering pilot | The Engineer The Engineer

7th May 2021
11:49 am
7th May 2021
11:49 am
One of the most inspirational women of the 20
th century, aviator Amy Johnson was the first female pilot to fly solo from the UK to Australia, as well as the first to gain a ground engineer’s ‘C’ licence. Her mysterious disappearance ensures she will never be forgotten. Written by Nick Smith
Birthplace of air traffic control and of the ‘mayday’ signal, Croydon Airport – Britain’s only international aerodrome of the interwar years – was the point of departure for what was to become one of the most famous flights of the 20
th century.
British pioneer aviator Amy Johnson (1903-1941) was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Image: Alamy Stock Photo ....

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Amy Johnson: The Aviatrix Who Made History At Croydon, Then Mysteriously Disappeared

Londonist
Amy Johnson: The Aviatrix Who Made History At Croydon, Then Mysteriously Disappeared
In an extract from her book, Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines, Henrietta Heald celebrates aviatrix and engineer, Amy Johnson.
Johnson in her Gipsy Moth leaving Australia for Newcastle, 14 June 1930. Image: public domain
Amy Johnson s Airspeed Oxford aeroplane mysteriously plunged into the icy-cold Thames estuary near Herne Bay in Kent in January 1941.
The circumstances of her death, at the age of 37, caused a storm of controversy that still refuses to die down. According to the official record, neither the body of this highly experienced airwoman nor the wreckage of her plane has ever been found. ....

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