[…] another important individual aeroplane: Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth “Jason”, the one in which she flew solo from London to Darwin in 1930. […]

[…] about her in relation to this song — The Golden Age of Aviation by the Lucksmiths — before. But I like it so much, it deserves a second […]

Thanks for the confirmation and clarification, Patrick. That certainly makes sense for the inaudible word in the sample.

I produced a film in the mid 70’s for the BBC which I called WONDERFUL AMY. She did say those words on her arrival in Australia. The ‘indistinct’ word is ‘greetings’

Either way it’s a great song…from a brilliant band!

Oh and thank you for the original post. It bugged me no end not knowing who was speaking in the clip.

“A passing interest in the past…”

Thank you — I do believe you’re right! It’s a little indistinct at that point and I listened to it about 10 times trying to make sure what it was, but it does sound more like ‘mileage’, and that actually makes a lot more sense than ‘violence’. Oh well — ignore this post then, she may well have always been a bomb-them-back-to-the-stone-age kinda gal for all I know.

I am pretty confident she says the word “mileage” and not “violence”. I don’t think it was intended to be a political statement but one of the advocation of air travel.