'Amy Johnson : Last Flight Out' at The de Havilland Aircraft Museum

Written and performed by Jenny Lockyer.

Directed by Vern Griffiths.

Age guide 14yrs+

On the morning of 5th May 1930, a small green Gipsy Moth bi-plane called 'Jason' took off from Croydon airport. The pilot was Amy Johnson. Newly qualified to fly and unknown to the world, Amy had a goal to break the record to Australia and make a name for herself in aviation. Taking off, Amy was about to experience one of the most exciting adventures of her life. She flew Jason solo, but together they met with sandstorms, monsoons, looming mountains and crossed shark infested seas.... On landing in Darwin 19 days later, Amy was an international superstar.

Born in the year the Wright Brothers made their first flight and into an age where the romantic heights of flying captured her heart, Amy Johnson became the first British woman to qualify as a ground engineer and then, in 1930, the first woman in history to fly solo from England to Australia.

Amy 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, bailing out of her plane into the Thames Estuary at Herne Bay.

In her short life this ‘lone girl flier’ achieved so much while faced with challenges of all kinds.

We meet Amy in a world of memories, desires, wishes and ambitions. As we find out about her life we start to see how the pieces fit and the tools Amy used to engineer her dreams to reality....

The performances will take place on the mezzanine level of the museum, up a flight of stairs but accessible by wheelchair lift.

The show is approx 1hr10mins long followed by an interval then Q&A as the second half.

Tickets for this performance are £10 concessions (students, under 18 and senior citizens) and £15 standard plus booking fees.

Two nights: Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th April

Find out more about the work of de Havilland Aircraft Museum at:

https://www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk/

This performance is part of The Flying High Tour and is part supported by Arts Council England. For more information on Jenny Lockyer and the aims of the tour please visit https://www.flyinghightour.co.uk

REFUNDS: You can request a refund up to 7 days prior to the event but should you find you're not able to attend after all, we encourage you to find someone else to come in your place. All ticket sales enable the event to take place with funds going directly to the artists and the de Havilland Aircraft Museum.

Host or Publisher Jenny Lockyer