MISS JEAN BATTEN
LONG FLIGHT CQMMENCED TAKES OFF IN BRILLIANT MOONLIGHT Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 5. Miss Jean Batten hopped off at 4.10 a.m. in brilliant moonlight. It is reported that the weather is favourable as far as Italy, where there is heavy cloud at I,oooft. “ I wish I could have stayed for tho presentation of the Johnston Trophy on November 2, but that would have delayed me a month and I would have been obliged to fly through the monsoon. I hope to fly back to London for the Coronation.” Miss Batten climbed into the cockpit clad in a heavy brown coat and white flying suit, under which she wore a green jumper, ■which she described as her lucky colour. Earlier she packed aboard the machine a full wardrobe of frocks and a number of sets of dainty underwear, carefully stowing them from contact with grease and oil. She will fly to Cyprus after Marseilles, and thereafter will follow the former route. BRIEF STOP AT MARSEILLES MARSEILLES, October 5. Miss Jean Batten arrived at 8.25 a.m., having averaged 150 miles an hour. She resumed at 9.3 a.m., and hopes to reach Athens at 4 p.m. ARRIVAL AT BRINDISI e LONDON, October 5. (Received October 6, at 9.30 a.m.) Miss Jean Batten arrived at Brindisi, and will depart for Cyprus to-morrow morning.
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Evening Star, Issue 22462, 6 October 1936, Page 9
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224MISS JEAN BATTEN Evening Star, Issue 22462, 6 October 1936, Page 9
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