AVIATION
MISS JEAN .BATTEN'S FLIGHT THE HOP TO SOURABAYA. •BATAVIA, May 21.! Miss Jean Batten left for Sourabaya at 6.30 in the morning (local time). She intends trying to re'ach Koepang to-day. ARRANGEMENTS IN AUSTRALIA/ y>AN ESCORTING PLANE. ' * : SYDNEY* May 21. (Received May 21, at 11.55 p.m.) Arrangements have been made to send an aeroplane to Darwin to meet Miss Jean Batten, and escort her over ■<he dangerous, flying country in Northern Australia "to Brisbane. FLYING BOAT PATROLS. MELBOURNE,' May 21. (Received May 21, at 11.55 p.m.) A departmental committee recommends to the Federal Government that two armed flying boats be stationed at Darwin and Rabaul, supplemented, by fast launches, to patrol Northern Australia and the mandated territory.SIR CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH. , ARRIVAL IN LOS ANGELES. -, LOS ANGELES, May 20. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is in the city. He will inspect Lockheed aeroplanes and possibly purchase a plane for the Macßobcrtson race.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22268, 22 May 1934, Page 9
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151AVIATION Otago Daily Times, Issue 22268, 22 May 1934, Page 9
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