Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 13th November 2025

Time: 7.30

Venue: Nordic Centre, Osborne St. Hull HU1 2PN

Description: Amy Johnson, Hull born, qualified as an engineer in the 1920s; she learned to fly, but was comparatively inexperienced when she flew solo to Australia in 1930. Her achievement was universally acknowledged, and as a woman even more admired. The 1930s was an era of pioneering aviators.

How to book: N/A

Price: Visitors;£3. Students and unwaged free

Tel: 01482 448065

Fax: not available

Email: usher@usher.karoo.co.uk

Website: https://www.herha.org.uk

Organiser: Sylvia Usher

Lecturer: Dr. Victoria Taylor

Comments: This talk has particular Hull significance, and is an example of women in the interwar years overcoming barriers and prejudice. Discussion on this, and the power of aircraft for war as well as travel will be part of this talk.

Region: Yorkshire and Humber

Branch: Hull and East Riding