The Archive · 1941

East to West Flight

Her famous East to West fight across the Atlantic with her husband followed in August 1933. They crashed at Bridgeport, Connecticut, almost within sight of the lights of Now York aerodrome for which they were making, and both were rushed to hospital seriously injured, During their period of cor valescence after they left hospital, police guard had to be placed outside their rooms to protect them from the crowds of enthusiastic admirers, March, 1937, Mr, and Mrs, Mol-son came fo the parting of the ways, In a statement issued by Mr, Mollison, he explained that "Amy's interests tay" chiefly in France, where she planned a new alr company, while fis varied between England and America, "Mis, Mollison issued a statement that she had lots of plans for long distance Mights and attempts to establish new records in the future, but added that she would attempt these as "is Johnson."—Reuter,

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