Major flights

  • 1934 – England - Australia (women's record) 10,500 miles in 14 days 22 hours 30 minutes, breaking Amy Johnson's record by six days.
  • 1935 – Australia - England in 17 days 15 hours. First woman ever to make a return flight.
  • 1935 – England - Brazil : 5000 miles in 61 hours 15 minutes, setting world record for any type of aeroplane. Also fastest crossing South Atlantic Ocean, 13 1/4 hours, and first woman to make England - South America flight.
  • 1936 – England - New Zealand. World record for any type. 14,224 miles in 11 days 45 minutes total elapsed time, including 2 1/2 days in Sydney.

 

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