Last Flight Out

Amy Johnson, Last Flight Out
gan Jenny Lockyer

Sioe un fenyw 'syfrdanol' wedi'i hysbrydoli gan Amy Johnson, y fenyw gyntaf i hedfan ar ei phen ei hun o Loegr i Awstralia!

Ar fore'r 5ed o Fai 1930, esgynodd awyren ddeuol fach werdd o Faes Awyr Croydon ar daith awyren unigol gyffrous i Awstralia a dorrodd record. Daliodd yr awyren hon ddychymyg y byd a gwnaeth seren ryngwladol o’r beiriannydd a pheilot, Amy Johnson.

2025 yw 95 mlynedd ers camp syfrdanol Amy ac mae ei stori mor berthnasol a chyffrous ag erioed.

Wedi'i geni yn y flwyddyn y gwnaeth y Brodyr Wright eu hediad pŵer cyntaf, magwyd Amy Johnson mewn oes lle byddai uchelfannau rhamantus hedfan yn dal ei chalon, a hi fyddai'r fenyw gyntaf i hedfan ar ei phen ei hun o Loegr i Awstralia. Bu'n byw ei bywyd ar gyfer antur a dyfodol hedfan.

Ym mis Ionawr 1941, yn ddim ond yn 37 oed, cafodd Amy ei lladd tra’n gwasanaethu ei gwlad ar awyren arferol ar gyfer yr Air Transport Auxiliary, gan neidio allan i Aber Afon Tafwys dros Fae Herne.

Yn ei bywyd byr cyflawnodd y ‘lone girl flier ’ hon lawer tra’n wynebu heriau enfawr.

Yn y sioe hon, rydyn ni'n cwrdd ag Amy mewn byd o atgofion, dyheadau, dymuniadau ac uchelgeisiau ac wrth i ni ddarganfod am ei bywyd rydyn ni'n dechrau gweld sut mae'r darnau'n ffitio a'r offer a ddefnyddiodd Amy i wireddu ei breuddwydion.

Mae'r sioe yn dathlu Amy Johnson , a oedd yn ei geiriau ei hun yn 'ddynes gyffredin a wnaeth bethau rhyfeddol’

Amy Johnson, Last Flight Out
by Jenny Lockyer

A 'stunning' one woman show inspired by Hull-born Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia!
On the morning of 5th May 1930, a small green Gipsy Moth bi-plane took off from Croydon Aerodrome on a record breaking and thrilling solo flight to Australia. This flight captured the imagination of the world and made an international superstar of ground engineer and pilot, Amy Johnson.
2025 is the 95th anniversary of Amy's astounding achievement and her story is as relevant and exciting as ever.
Born in the year the Wright Brothers made their first powered flight, Amy Johnson grew up in an age in which the romantic heights of flying would capture her heart and she would become the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. She lived her life for adventure and the future of aviation.
In January 1941, at just 37 years old, Amy was killed while serving her country on a routine flight for the Air Transport Auxiliary, bailing out into the Thames Estuary over Herne Bay
In her short life this ‘lone girl flier’ achieved much in the face of huge challenge.
In this show, we meet Amy in a world of memories, desires, wishes and ambitions and as we find out about her life we start to see how the pieces fit and the tools Amy used to engineer her dreams to reality....
The show celebrates Amy Johnson, who in her own words was, 'an ordinary woman who did extraordinary things'.