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Whilst learning to fly, Amanda Harrison discovered a beautiful vintage Tiger Moth. After researching the amazing pioneers who flew this fragile aircraft, a spark was ignited, and Amanda dreamed of emulating their adventures. On May 11, 2019, she made that dream a reality, taking off from Biggin Hill with the aim of flying to Darwin, Australia in twenty days--just as her idol Amy Johnson had done in 1930. Solo2Darwin documents one woman's exhilarating journey across the world. Indeed, the launch of her biplane, 'Solo2Darwin', received extensive press coverage, including print features in The Times and The Telegraph and TV footage broadcasted on ITV and Channel 5 News respectively. Faced with adversity, navigating through torturous mountain ranges covered in cloud, across seas, dodging thunderstorms, and surviving engine failures, Amanda's route had plenty of highs, lows, and drama. Alongside this she also experienced the difficulties of solo-flying a biplane and having to navigate dangerous regions across the world. What makes Amanda's expedition even more remarkable is that this was all undertaken whilst recovering from cancer. So strap in and prepare to go on a journey of a lifetime. Twelve countries, 2,600 miles, forty-six flying hours, two engine failures, one airplane, one female pilot, all equals one amazing adventure!

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Amanda Harrison is a commercial pilot with a tremendous sense of adventure. Eighteen months after being diagnosed with breast cancer, she started her journey in a Tiger Moth which inspired her book, Solo2Darwin: In the Footsteps of Amy Johnson. Inspired by her father's remote-controlled aircraft models, she started flying lessons at the age of fourteen and gained her PPL after attending university. She then trained to be a commercial pilot and flight instructor specializing in vintage aircraft-an incredible feat for someone with severe dyslexia and with only five per cent of commercial pilots being female. Though the 'Solo2Darwin' flight is her most ambitious to date, Amanda has achieved success in many international aviation competitions including the 75th Anniversary Schneider Trophy Race and being a holder of four UK speed records for distance over time. Amanda believes that ordinary people can do extraordinary things and is a living example of this. She is passionate about inspiring others to keep their dreams alive and live them to the fullest. Born in south Devon, she trained in physiotherapy and spent twenty years in music education. Her interest in aviation developed from a charity skydiving event. She obtained her private pilot license with her husband Peter in Australia in 1994 and they followed this up by a circumnavigation of the continent. In 1997 she toured the United States by plane, flying solo across the North Atlantic in both directions. Sasha Higgins is a classically trained actress and voice artist. She was born in Hong Kong and raised in Hampshire, England, and Detroit, Michigan. She majored in creative writing and French at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award for her writing and then attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She has performed on the West End, at the Geffen, and off-Broadway. She has starred in numerous independent films and voiced the role of Miranda in The Tempest for BBC Radio 4. She currently lives in Venice, California, with her husband, Ethan, and two rescue dogs.

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