A celebration of the achievements of Katherine Margaret Gill are long overdue. She stamped her mark on British history in 1935 when she became the first deaf pilot in Britain. Not only the first deaf female to reach for the skies and gain a pilot’s licence, but the first of either sex. To do this […]| solentaviatrix
On 5 January 1941 Amy Johnson died when she was ferrying an Airspeed Oxford from Blackpool. It was believed the aircraft had run out of fuel and she ditched into the sea off Herne Bay. Attempts were made to save her but, alas, those going to her rescue failed to reach her in time. Such […]| solentaviatrix