WOMEN IN THE AIR.
Mr. Macindoe. of the Harbour Board, at the informal welcome of Miss Batten, made the following statement: ''Miss Batten has proved herself the foremost woman aviator in the world." I say what about the magnificent achievement of Mrs. Markham. an Englishwoman, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, east to west, solo, in record time, in bad weather, fog and wind, also aarkness, flying blind all the time. She did this on September 5 in a Percival Vega Gull (D.H. Gipsy engine). Her actual ocean crossing '"'a 3 eighteen hours. I've a great admiration f° l Miss Batten's courage. She made a wondeiful flight: But can she be rightly called the foremost woman aviator in the world? ENGLISHWOMAN.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 253, 24 October 1936, Page 8
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