TRIUMPHAL DRIVE
LONDON LINES STREETS TO CHEER HEROINE MY JOHNSON AT LUNCH British Official Wireless Reed. Noon. RUGBY, Wednesday. Miss Amy Johnson, the girl flier, was accorded a tumultuous reception when she drove in triumph through the London streets today to attend a luncheon given in her honour. The police had great difficulty in keeping the way clear for her car, and flowers were showered upon her along the whole route. In the nrocession through the streecs she was accompanied by many of her own generation of notable women who have won distinction in various directions, by pioneers of aviation, including Sir Arthur Whitten-Brown who, with the late Sir John Alcock, flew across the Atlantic for the first time 11 years ago.
A large floral model of Jason, her Moth airplane, was suspended over the lunchetsn table, at which the Hon. Esmond Harmsworth presided. Among those who paid eloquent tributes to Miss Johnson for her great achievement were Mr. J. H Thomas. Secretary for the Dominions, Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, and Sir Philip Sassooq, chairman of the Royal Aero Club.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1044, 7 August 1930, Page 9
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183TRIUMPHAL DRIVE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1044, 7 August 1930, Page 9
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