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Old 8th Jun 2016, 22:25
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"The Embellishment of my Life" by TCT

At least TCT's re-enactment of AJ's flight was accurate in some respects.
Quote from the "MALAY MAIL" online 8/6/16.

Q: Is your journey today easier or more difficult compared with Amy Johnson’s in 1930?
A: Amy basically crashed her way to Australia as she was trying to beat a world record. (She took 19 days, didn’t succeed at bettering Bert Hinkler’s record of 16 days). She had no radio, no restrictions, no air space to contend with.

Unfortunately this quote from the "3G CLASSIC AVIATION" website is a gross exaggeration.

In 2013, 85 years later, Tracey Curtis-Taylor, a pilot with vast experience flying historic airplanes all over the planet and moreover one of the Shuttleworth Collection display pilots, will recreate this flight in a specially restored Stearman biplane.

This woman is delusional and perhaps should be pitied?
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