DISPLAY OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT
LONDOV, September 15. The Vega Gull aircraft in which Miss Jean Batten flew from England to New Zealand in 1937 in 11 days and three-quarters of an hour, was among the veteran machines exhibited at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors’ display at the Radlett airfield. pie only clue to the reason tor the inclusion of this small, inconspicuous machine among the many more modern and familiar types was the word "Jean” painted on the engine cowling and its record painted in small, modest lettering on the fuselage. This reads: “1935. England to Brazil, 2 days 18Jhr: 1936, England to Australia. 5 days 21hr; 1937, England to New Zealand, 11 days fhr; 1937, Australia to England, 5 days 13hr; 1939 to 1948, Royal .Air Force communications.
Some new British aeroplanes were shown for the first time to-day. They took part in a fly-past at the Royal Empire Society’s first garden party since the war ended, held at an aerodrome near London.
Among them was a jet fighter called the Spiteful, which completed its first five flying hours at the demonstration. Its performance and details are still secret
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24982, 17 September 1946, Page 7
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