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Hardy Mrs. Mollison. Current idols of British hero-worshippers are the flying bride-&-groom, James Allan Mollison and Amy Johnson Mollison. Both have made distinguished record flights, notably his London-Cape Town and his recent solo westward across the Atlantic (TIME, Aug. 29). Last week Britons went wild with delight when Mrs. Mollison beat her husband's Cape Town record by 10½ hours, making the flight from Lympne, on the Kent coast, in 4 days, 7 hr. It was an amazing exhibition of stamina. Flying a light Puss Moth named The Desert Cloud she landed only four times, caught three...
...cabled Kaye Don, who last fortnight acquired a U. S. bride but lost the backing of his patron, Charles Cheers Wakefield, Lord Wakefield. Chairman of C. C. Wakefield & Co. Ltd. (lubricants), the aging Lord has for years subsidized Britons speeding by air, land and sea. Far-hopping James Allan Mollison and the late Sir Henry Segrave were his proteges. Now he thinks the publicity not worth the outlay...
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...