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They began racing together in their de Haviland Gipsy Moth plane almost as soon as they got their flying licences.

Johnson, who flew the first solo flight from Britain to Australia in her de Havilland Gipsy Moth in 1930, is one of the female pioneers given the Blake touch.

Chichester’s boat, the Gipsy Moth IV, was purpose built for the trip.

And it is his 3,000 head of cattle, his impressive collection of contemporary African and diasporic art, and his 1929 de Havilland Gipsy Moth biplane — the very one used in “Out of Africa,” which he scooped up recently at auction for $260,000.

Francis Chichester preparing for his round-the-world trip on Gipsy Moth IV, June 1966.