DOMINION BOUND

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 October 1936, Page 7

DOMINION BOUND

MISS BATTEN STARTS. EARLY MORNING DEPARTURE. BRINDISI REACHED. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received October 6, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 5. Aliss Jean Batten bopped off from Lympne at 4.10 a.m. in brilliant moonlight on her attempt to make a record flight to New Zealand. It was reported that the weather would be favourable as far as Italy, where there were heavy clouds at 1000 feet. “1 wish 1 could have stayed for the presentation of the Johnston Memorial .Silver Plaque, on November 2, but that would have delayed me a month, and I would have been obliged to fly through the monsoon,” said Miss Batten. “I hope to fly back to London for the Coronation.”

She climbed into the cockpit dad in a heavy brown coat and white flying suit, under which she wore a jumper of green, 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 away from contact with grease or oil. She is flying to Cyprus after leaving Marseilles and thereafter will follow her former route. Afiss Batten arrived at Alarseilles at 8.2 G a.m., having averaged 150 miles an hour.

She resumed at 9.3 a.m. and reached Brindisi. She will depart for Cyprus to-morrow morning.