MISS BATTEN ON WAY
SOUTH AMERICAN FLIGHT ARRIVAL IN MOROCCO (Received November 12, 1 p.m.) LONDON, November 11. Miss Jean Batten took off for South America at 6.30 a.m., flying a Percival Gull machine, which has a cruising speed of 160 miles an hour and additional petrol tanks giving it a range of 2400 miles. "Isn't she lovely? I am just dying to start," said Miss Batten, getting a glimpse of the silver monoplane glittering in the dawn as she entered the aerodrome. "I am placing my life in her hands." Miss Batten is not carrying a parachute, lifebelt, or collapsible boat. She expects a head wind for 200 miles and some fog ar- 7 v>- I. IV^iss Batten arrived at Casablanca (Morocco) at 4.20 p.m. local time. ACCIDENT IN SYDNEY HONEYMOON AVIATORS INJURED SYDNEY, November 11. After an almost uneventful honeymoon flight from England to Australia, Mr. Norman Littlejohn and his wife were involved i a motor-car collision near Goulburn, and, with six others, were admitted to the local hospital. Mr. Littlejohn received lacerations and bruises and suffered shock. His wife was unhurt. The former's mother and five others suffered minor injuries and shock. The Littlejohns were motoring to Melbourne when their car collided violently with another car on the crest of a hill.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 116, 12 November 1935, Page 11
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