Editing Amy Johnson (section)

== Early life ==
Born in 1903 in [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], Amy Johnson was the daughter of Amy Hodge, granddaughter of William Hodge, a Mayor of Hull, and John William Johnson whose family were fish merchants in the firm of Andrew Johnson, Knudtzon and Company. She was the eldest of three sisters, the next in age being Irene who was a year younger.<ref name="local_studies">{{cite web |url=http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/l-20c/people/amy-johnson/amy-johnson.pdf |title=Amy Johnson pioneering aviator |publisher=Hull Local Studies Library, Hull City Council |access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref>

Johnson was educated at Boulevard Municipal Secondary School, later [[Sirius Academy West|Kingston High School]], and the [[University of Sheffield]], where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.<ref name=d194>Dunmore, Spencer (2004). "Undaunted: Long-Distance Flyers in the Golden Age of Aviation" Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|0771029373}}. pp. 194–195.</ref> She then worked in London as secretary to a solicitor, William Charles Crocker. She was introduced to flying as a hobby, gaining an aviator's certificate, No. 8662,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|date=25 October 1929|title=The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom: Official notices to members |page=1141 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1%20-%201450.html |access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref> on 28 January 1929, and a pilot's "A" licence, No. 1979, on 6 July 1929, both at the London Aeroplane Club under the tutelage of Captain [[Valentine Baker (pilot)|Valentine Baker]]. In 1929 she became the first British woman to obtain a ground engineer's "C" licence.<ref name="Aitken">Aitken, Kenneth (July 1991). "Amy Johnson (The Speed Seekers)." ''Aeroplane Monthly'', Vol. 19, no. 7, Issue no. 219. p. 440.</ref>

Johnson was a friend and collaborator of [[Fred Slingsby]] whose Yorkshire based company, [[Slingsby Aviation]] of [[Kirbymoorside]], [[North Yorkshire]], became the UK's most famous glider manufacturer. Slingsby helped found [[Yorkshire Gliding Club]] at [[Sutton Bank]] and during the 1930s she was an early member and trainee.<ref name="gliding_training">{{cite web |url=http://amyjohnsonartstrust.co.uk/whats-on/amys-yorkshire-flying-club |title=Amy's Yorkshire Flying Club |publisher=Amy Johnson Arts Trust |access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="testimonial">{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/gliding-still-makes-moyra-s-spirits-soar-76-years-after-first-reaching-for-the-sky-1-3590188 |title=Amy's Yorkshire Flying Club |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>