A pilot proposed to her eight hours after they met

Johnson wed Scottish pilot Jim Mollison in 1932, they had been dating for only eight hours when he proposed to her during a flight, which is one of the interesting facts about Amy Johnson. Johnson beat her new husband's record in July 1932 by flying alone in the Puss Moth G-ACAB, called Desert Cloud, from London to Cape Town, South Africa. This flight was highlighted in commercial efforts by Castrol Oil and De Havilland Company.

Johnson and Mollison flew the de Havilland DH.84 Dragon I, "Seafarer," as G-ACCV from Pendine Sands, South Wales, to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, nonstop in July 1933. The plan was to fly "Seafarer" to the commencement of Mollison's attempt to fly nonstop from New York to Baghdad, setting a new world record.

The two decided to land short of New York since they were out of gasoline and were now flying in the dark of the night. After spotting the lights of Bridgeport Municipal Airport in Stratford, Connecticut (now Sikorsky Memorial Airport), they circled it five times before making a crash landing outside the field in a drainage ditch. Despite being flung off the airplane, both people just sustained scrapes and gashes. Following their recovery, the duo got a ticker tape procession down Wall Street and was feted by New York society.