Oh, and don't forget that she did admit that she had "a small support team" accompany her.
Only seven people, including that inconveniently-noticed 'passenger', Ewald Gritsch.
Further, she was disparaging of Amy Johnson's feat in attempting to better Bert Hinkler's record, saying that Amy 'just crashed her way through the trip", .. whereas
I was more organised.
On top of that, she said, Amy Johnson didn't have to be bothered with radio communications or airspace restrictions.
Yes, sweetie.
Of course, it was terrible. After each two or three hour leg, she needed the next day or two to recover.
Most of Amy Johnson's legs were in the region of ten hours or even more.
Ah yes, let's all raise a glass to that modern-day icon, the Boadica of women in aviation .. and her sky-borne chariot - "The Spirit of Artifice".
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