The Amy Johnson Festival of Inspiration
Coming 2026
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FLY is a five year celebration of record-breaking pilot, Amy Johnson CBE, as we head towards 2030 and the centenary of her incredible solo flight from England to Australia!
Our main aim is to highlight and celebrate her incredible achievement in order to inspire thousands across the world with her story.
With Amy as our starting point and inspiration we aim to reach UK and international audiences with events which excite and inspire. The work of our festival will be to create and highlight a host of interdisciplinary activity formed of the arts, aviation and engineering.
FLY is a celebration of Amy and a demonstration of the value of igniting inspiration and bringing aspirations to reality.
Our activity will take place throughout each year in locations across the country in partnership with a host of organisations. Scroll below to find out who!
Our main festival will take place annually in May at London Croydon Aerodrome Hotel in connection with Croydon Airport.
FLY Festival became a Community Interest Company (C.I.C) in Autumn 2025. With our festival growing year on year, we aim to be global by 2030.
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Core team
Jenny Lockyer
Founder and Creative Director
Producer and lead schools facilitator
Jenny Lockyer is the Creative Director of FLY Festival, leading the vision that celebrates Amy Johnson’s legacy. Jenny brings a rich creative background to the role, with projects spanning theatre-making, storytelling, music and community engagement, and her long-standing passion for Amy Johnson’s story has inspired years of artistic exploration, now brought to life through FLY’s growing programme.
Jane Delamaine
Co-founder & Co-Producer
Heritage Practitioner
Founder and Director of The Amy Johnson Project, Jane Delamaine, has dedicated the past 13 years to bringing Amy back to life for a whole new generation and not allowing her memory to slip out of history. Jane joins us as someone with a vast knowledge of Amy’s life and as a believer that Amy’s story cannot fail to inspire and empower.
Amanda Harrison
Co-Producer
Adventure Pilot
Amanda is the true spirit of adventure. From an early age, Amanda had a dream of being a pilot. From small beginnings she has successfully navigated a twenty- year journey towards her biggest dream - solo pioneering a vintage aeroplane across the globe!
About
core aims
Amy Johnson
FLY was dreamed of a few years back, launched in May 2025 and FLY Festival CIC was offically formed in November 2025.
Our mission with this ambitious interdisciplinary festival is to keep Amy’s legacy alive, inspire others with her story, and support aspirations. We plan to host all sorts of events from talks and discussion to performances, and workshops throughout each year in the lead up to 2030. We aim to promote collaborations across arts, engineering, and aviation, and support access to these fields. Each year, on or around the May anniversary of Amy’s flight, we will hold a physical FLY Festival at Croydon Airport and/or partner venues, culminating in a larger celebration for the 100th anniversary in May 2030.
Our goal is to re-establish Amy Johnson’s legacy worldwide.
To keep Amy Johnson's legacy alive. We aim for her name to be known across the world once again by 2030.
To bring people together through an exciting 5 year adventure of arts, engineering and aviation activity
To inspire and enable aspirations to become reality
To promote the value of practical skills and the importance of the opportunity to develop them.
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Delivering new events in collaboration with our partners while continuing to offer core activities comprising the show, 'Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out' and post show Q&As, talks, and school workshop days.
Enriching the work of our partners by building connections, supporting their programmes and initiatives, and pooling resources.
Signposting opportunities for apprenticeships and the acquiring of practical skills i.e. Access to flying scholarships and opportunities in aviation, engineering, the creative industries
Inspiring and supporting collaborations across and between generations
Celebrating the work and achievements of each year within the annual FLY Festival event.
You can find more about Amy Johnson in this biography, written by Jane Delamaine.
Themes
Each year will take on a theme inspired by Amy which will inform our programme of activity.
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Exploring partnerships and collaborations within our festival as well as the connections Amy made across the world.
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What is your Australia? Activity which explores our aspirations and how we might bring them to reality. This is particularly important to schools signing up to our workshop programme.
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A highlight on Amy's engineering background in all senses of the word. Exploring the practical world of engineering alongside the skills required to bring an idea to life.
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Tying in with the 60th anniversary of the Moon Landings, this year explores our relationship with the stars and our desire to fly high. Where are we headed?
From flying to discover new worlds to flying for flying's sake, this year's activities will be inspired by the human desire to reach for the Moon...
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On this incredible centenary this is the year it comes back to Amy. We will be sharing our festival with people across the world. In the UK we will focus on Amy's Roots in Hull and the Wings given to her in London, particularly Croydon Airport and on partner events across these two locations.
Partner locations across the UK and internationally can link with us to deliver a FLY programme of centenary activity across the world!
This year will also be the 90th anniversary of the forming of the ATA. Amy carried out her last flightserving her country with the ATA and we wish to highlight this extraordinary and vital civilian organisation.FLY 2030 will be a global celebration of the centenary of Amy's flight to Australia in connection with the learning and growth of thousands of people across the world over the next 5 years.
The UK will be the hub of FLY activity and ideally, every venue in the UK associated with Amy will be taking part.
A Vision for our Festival
Amy decided what she wanted to do then asked HOW, all along the way. We want the festival to encourage people to BEGIN and continue to ask HOW?
The festival will enable our partner venues and organisations to celebrate and showcase their heritage as well as shape future impact. We can work together to deliver experiences that reach our joint goals.
The work going on throughout the year is the foundation of the festival and the May celebration each year is the celebration of that work.
It offers a rich and exciting experience to visitors coming along. Shows, music, film, the showcase of work and window into innovations. The festival itself will be designed to inspire.
- Celebration
- Heritage and Legacy
- Action and Activity
- Connections and Partnerships
- Skills and Experiences
- Inspiration and Aspiration
festival strands
These will be explored throughout the next 5 years and will be represented in our annual festival
Contact Us
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