'Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out' at Hangar 42

Established, community led project 'Saving Amy' is adding an extra creative element to its all-ages open day on 14th October. Amy Johnson, a record breaking pilot, who made her name flying solo from England to Australia in 1930, inspired the Saving Amy project. The Saving Amy Team have been working to construct an Airspeed Oxford, the last plane Amy ever flew.

You are invited to this special open day for all ages celebrating Amy's memory and also the incredible progress of the Airspeed Oxford build. Activity details below. You will be able to buy tickets on the door for the day time events.

You can buy tickets here for the final event of the day, 'Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out' a 'stunning one-woman show', written and performed by Jenny Lockyer.

Performance suitable for ages 14 years and up

Doors at 7pm, show starts 7.30. Hour and ten minutes.

Interval, then Q&A til 10.

General admission £15 plus booking fees

Concessions (Students and Senior Citizens) £10 plus booking fees

Tickets will also be available in person to buy from the Saving Amy Team on open days leading up to the event.

About the show:

Written and performed by Jenny Lockyer, directed by Vern Griffiths

Amy Johnson had her ambitions and she flew at them. Born in the year the Wright Brothers made their first flight, the golden age of aviation would capture Amy's heart. Amy became only the second woman in the world to train and qualify as a ground engineer and then, in 1930, the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. She lived her life for adventure and the future of aviation.

In January 1941, at just 37 years old, Amy was killed while serving her country on a routine flight for the Air Transport Auxiliary. In her short time she achieved so many great things but this 'lone girl flier' achieved them while faced with challenges of all kinds. We meet Amy in a world of mixed memories, desires, wishes and ambitions and as we find out about her life we can start to see how the pieces fit and the tools Amy used to bring her dreams to reality.

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Open Day events:

You can buy tickets on the door from 10am for the day's events.

Adults £7, 5-16 yr olds £4 , children under 5 free.

There will be a plane-making craft session for younger visitors and Eric Watkiss, project lead for Saving Amy, will be hosting an early afternoon presentation about the progress of the Oxford build. Visitors can look out for an Amy Johnson enactor for photo opportunities as well as meet Jane Priston, writer, researcher and founder of the Amy Johnson Project. Come the evening the hangar will host a live solo theatre performance by Jenny, 'Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out'.

After the show there will be a Q&A featuring Jenny, Eric and Jane. Jane is responsible for the commissioning of two bronze statues of Amy as well as a raft of outreach work. Her encyclopedic knowledge of Amy and passion to keep her legacy alive has seen Jane run a host of community engagement activites and deliver hundreds of talks. Jane was first port of call for Jenny as she began her research period for the show.

“This is a fantastic way to bring different Amy Johnson inspired projects together from across the UK,” says Jenny Lockyer. “The Saving Amy project has come so far with the Oxford build and this event will not only be a great way for the team to share that progress with the community but will shed some light on other work that's going on in Amy's memory and as part of her incredible legacy"

Each activity on the 14th October is inspired by Amy and across the whole day of events there is something for all ages.

About The Saving Amy Team:

Hangar 42 at Blackpool Airport is home to the Lytham St Anne's Spitfire Display Team and the Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team as the Saving Amy project; a group of experts and trainees specialising in aircraft restoration building from scratch a Mark II Airspeed Oxford to an operational ground running condition. It was in an Oxford that aviation pioneer, Amy Johnson, lost her life in early 1941 while serving her country. She was making a routine delivery flight from RAF Squires Gate but due to dense cloud had to fly miles off course trying to land. The flight sadly ended in her death in the freezing January waters of Herne Bay. As a member of the ATA with no known grave, she is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede.

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