Description: MAY 16th 1934, ORIGINAL PHOTO TYPE 1, AMY JOHNSON ON THE "SCYLLA" BIGGEST COMMERCIAL PLANE IN THE WORLD. "LE PLUS GRAND AVION COMMERCIAL AU MONDE, ARRIVE AU BOURGET. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO MONTRE L'ARRIVEE AU BOURGET DE L'AVION GEANT "SCYLLA" QUI EST ACTUELLEMENT LE PLUS GRAND AVION COMMERICAL AU MONDE. LA CELEBRE AVIATRICE AMY JOHNSON ETAIT ABORD PAR ROLD". "THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL PLANE IN THE WORLD ARRIVES IN LE BOURGET. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS THE ARRIVAL AT BOURGET OF THE GIANT PLANE “SCYLLA” WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD. THE FAMOUS AVIATOR AMY JOHNSON WAS ON BOARD". Photo printed by the associated press of Great Britain in Paris.Original typed clipping glued on the back which was very typical of the time from the Press. Type I – A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during the period (within approximately two years of when the picture was taken). "The Short Scylla was a British four-engined 39-seat biplane airliner designed and built by Short Brothers at the request of Imperial Airways to supplement the Handley Page H.P.42 fleet already in service after Handley Page quoted an excessive price for two additional H.P.42s. They were ordered in 1933. Imperial Airways used the Scylla for scheduled flights from London to Paris and other European cities. Two aircraft were built, Scylla (G-ACJJ) and Syrinx (G-ACJK). Both served with the airline, until its merger into BOAC in 1939, when both were taken out of service the following year, Scylla after being wrecked and Syrinx being scrapped". "Amy Johnson CBE (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot, who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s. In 1933, Katharine Hepburn's character in the film Christopher Strong was inspired by Johnson. She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary and disappeared during a ferry flight. The cause of her death has been a subject of discussion over many years. On 5 January 1941, while flying an Airspeed Oxford for the ATA from Prestwick via RAF Squires Gate to RAF Kidlington near Oxford, Johnson went off-course in adverse weather conditions. Reportedly out of fuel, she bailed out as her aircraft crashed into the Thames Estuary near Herne Bay. A convoy of wartime vessels in the Thames Estuary spotted Johnson's parachute coming down and saw her alive in the water, calling for help. Conditions were poor: there was a heavy sea and a strong tide, snow was falling and it was intensely cold. Lt Cmdr Walter Fletcher, the Captain of HMS Haslemere, navigated his ship to attempt a rescue. The crew of the vessel threw ropes out to Johnson, but she was unable to reach them and was lost under the ship. A number of witnesses believed there was a second body in the water. Fletcher dived in and swam out to this, rested on it for a few minutes and then let go. When the lifeboat reached him he was unconscious and as a result of the intense cold he died in hospital days later. Johnson's watertight flying bag, her log book and cheque book later washed up, and were recovered near the crash site".
Price: 299 USD
Location: Woodside, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1934
Image Orientation: Landscape
Size: 7 X 9.5 in
Theme: Aviation, Travel & Transportation
Image Color: Black & White
Time Period Manufactured: 1925-1949
Featured Person/Artist: Amy Johnson
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Aircraft, Aviatrix, Pilot, Travel & Transportation, Women
Vintage: Yes