Before British aviator Amy Johnson flew from Croydon (South London) to Darwin, Australia, she worked as a secretary and typist for a firm of solicitors. It was during this time that she took up flying as a hobby. Eventually, Johnson bought the de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth that took her from England to Australia, which she politely named, "Jason."Inspired by Johnson’s flight and her early brief career as a typist, animator Lizzy Hobbs created an animated video on a typewriter. Using an Underwood 315 typewriter, Hobbs first briefly types up Johnson’s story, then goes about creating a crowd, a ground engineer, the aviator’s Gipsy Moth (a G-AAAH aircraft), clouds and other elements using colored paper and inks. Watch it come to life below:
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