Word: mollison
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Married. Aviatrix Amy Johnson, 24 (England to Australia 19 days); and Aviator James Allan Mollison, 26 (Australia to England 8 days, 21 hr.); in London...
Engaged. Aviatrix Amy Johnson, 24, (England to Australia 15 days); and Aviator James Mollison,* 26, (Australia to England 8 days...
...most popular planes for British hopping & skipping are the De Haviland Moths, "Puss" and "Gypsy." Harold J. L. ("Bert") Hinkler flew a Puss Moth on his startling South Atlantic hop last autumn. Last month James A. Mollison in a Gypsy hung up a new record (4 days, 17 hr., 19 min.) from England to Capetown, another well-pounded Empire race course. Britain's Amy Johnson and Peggy Salaman fly Moths. A Gypsy cruises at 90 m.p.h., a Puss a little faster. Reasons for Moth popularity: 1) British plane builders concentrate on commercial & military types; 2) with little competition...
...Tough Mr-Mollison. A Gipsy-Moth biplane plunked sloppily down upon the gravel beach at Pevensey Bay, England, tipped up on end, flopped back on its haunches and rested. Out of the cockpit crawled a haggard Scotsman, one James A. Mollison, 25, to respond fully to the questions of an excited little crowd. Eight days and 21 hrs. prior he had left Australia, 10,000 mi. away. Every day he had forced his small plane along to the limit of his own endurance, sleeping an average of two hours each night. Night before he had taken off from Rome into...