Who we are

As part of the benefits of  joining  East Riding Area of BCC section of the  camping  and  Caravanning club ,we offer a a discount towards our Christmas Dinner Dance  (Meal only)  each time the member attends one of our Meet’s of 2 days or more  in one week you will receive a discount. Via a loyalty card we give you on joining the BCC.

The qualification for your discount it has to be recorder on the opposite page by the rally steward at the time off booking in, other wise your discount will not be given it is your responsibility to make sure your stay is recorded . You need at least 12 meets to qualify for your meal for 2 people.

Again, as part of the benefits of joining the East Riding Area of the BCC section of the camping and caravanning club Stewards will camp free.

Amy Johnson was born 1 July 1903 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. She was educated there and graduated from Sheffield University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.

Initially introduced to flying as a hobby it did not take her long to gain a pilot’s A licence in July 1929. By December 1929 she was granted the ground engineer’s C licence, the first woman in the country to obtain this.

In recognition of this achievement, she was elected a member of the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) in March 1930.

With the financial assistance of her father and Lord Wakefield Amy was able to purchase G-AAAH, a second-hand de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth which she called ‘Jason’ after her father’s business trademark.

1930 was an extraordinary year for Amy with a solo flight from Croydon to Australia. On 5 May 1930 Amy set off from Croydon Aerodrome but a combination of mechanical problems and poor weather conditions meant that she did not break the record. However, she landed in Darwin, Australia on 24 May, 19 ½ days later, the first woman to fly solo to Australia.

In the same year, she was conferred with the honour of CBE by King George V and made an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Engineers (SoE) as well as an Honorary Member of the Guild of Air Pilots. (The SoE is one of the predecessor organisations of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. See the PDF link to the IET family tree chart for more information).

If you go too Sewerby Hall ,Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire you can see a permanent display. This collection contains over 130 objects and was donated by the Johnson family in 1958.