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Title: England - Brasil in Record time! |
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Description: England - Brasil in record time! First solo east - west crossing of the South Atlantic -- by Jim Mollison -- with CASTROL. The first solo flight across the South Atlantic, made by Jim Mollison in 1933, is featured on this poster for Castrol Motor Oil. On February 6, Captain J.A. Mollison, one of Britain’s great aviators, said "Cheerio" to his wife, the record breaking pilot Amy Johnson Mollison, at Lympne airport in England. He then started up his airplane and flew alone in the "Heart’s Content" across Europe and Africa. Turning westward in Senegal to make a 1,800 mile hop across the Atlantic, Capt. Mollison finally stopped in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The entire journey lasted 5 days, including 7 stops for rest, repairs, and refueling. Mollison was famous before this flight for making the first solo flight from Europe to the United States in 1932, and a record flight from Britain to South Africa, which his wife promptly challenged and won for herself. |
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