Amy Johnson: Difference between revisions

 

== Early life ==

 

Johnson was educated at Boulevard Municipal Secondary School, later [[Sirius Academy West|Kingston High School]], and the [[University of Sheffield]], where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.<ref name=d194>Dunmore, Spencer (2004). "Undaunted: Long-Distance Flyers in the Golden Age of Aviation" Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|0771029373}}. pp. 194–195.</ref> She then worked in London as secretary to a solicitor, William Charles Crocker. She was introduced to flying as a hobby, gaining an aviator's certificate, No. 8662,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|date=25 October 1929|title=The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom: Official notices to members |page=1141 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1%20-%201450.html |access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref> on 28 January 1929, and a pilot's "A" licence, No. 1979, on 6 July 1929, both at the London Aeroplane Club under the tutelage of Captain [[Valentine Baker (pilot)|Valentine Baker]]. In 1929, she became the first British woman to obtain a ground engineer's "C" licence.<ref name="Aitken">Aitken, Kenneth (July 1991). "Amy Johnson (The Speed Seekers)." ''Aeroplane Monthly'', Vol. 19, no. 7, Issue no. 219. p. 440.</ref>