RECORD BROKEN

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19887, 16 May 1936, Page 7

RECORD BROKEN

MRS MOLLISON SUCCEEDS. CAPE TO ENGLAND FLIGHT. CHEERED BY LARGE CROWDS. United Press Assn.—Ete-s. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 16, 11 a.m.) LONDON, May 15. Mrs Amy Mollison arrived at Croydon at 1.38 p.m. Her time was 112 lio-urs 17 minutes. When Mrs Mollison landed she was enthusiastically cheered by large crow'ds, which broke through the police cordons and surrounded tile Percival Mew Gull aeroplane and mobbed the pilot, who, when she landed, was greeted by her husband and relatives. The Deputy-Director of Civil Aviation handed her a letter of congratulation from the Secretary for Air, Viscount Swinton, who wrote: “ Your double flight is a splendid achievement.” The weather which forced Mrs Mollison to land yesterday evening at Graz, in Austria, and spend the night there, prevented her from reducing the time by about half a day, as she hoped to do. Her time on the outward flight by the west coast route was three days six hours 25 minutes, and on this flight she lowered Lieutenant Rose’s record by 11 hours 11 minutes. Her Percival Gull cabin monoplane is powered by a Gipsy Six 200-horse-power engine, fitted with extra tankage, giving a non-stop range of moFe than 2000 miles. Gull aeroplanes have proved very popular, and considerable numbers have been exported overseas, including Austria, India, France, Sweden, Egypt, Japan and China. HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS.

MISS JEAN BATTEN’S MESSAGE.

“KNEW YOU WOULD DO IT-” United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 16, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 15. Miss Jean Batten has telegraphed to Mrs Amy Mollison: “ Heartiest congratulations for wonderful effort, knew you would do it.”