The Archive · 1934

AVIATRIX LANDS FROM NORTH

Fete Jape for Peking

Mile. Marysee Hilz Here from Peking: Completes Hop in 5% Hours Out of the blue-and-silver sky which domed Hngjao, the dapper Breguet biplane piloted by Mil Maryse Hils, Prench aviatrix, appeared yesterday afternoon " and 'a perfect landing on the field at. exactly seen to be bundled in wool and paper and "zippered" leather.

'Mile. Hilz's only complaint was about the "pauvre terrain" as' she Ianded and indeed the mud had Tobin be 1Bmars 1936 'The audacious girl flier had taken off from Peking at 9.15 "am, and thus completed the trip in 5 hours und 15 minutes, aided by following win Exactly 27 days ago she had ar rived at the aerodrome: from Swatow, while on her way to Korea and' Japan. Now, returning from the. long downey' which took hee from Paris to Tokyo, she will stay fu Shanghai several days as the guest of HI. and Mme. J. Meyrier fat the French Consulate-Gengral.

The scene of her land ite yesterday Valmont duplicated that of bee Secent arrival. Beaming happiness, the stepped from the cockpit of het plane, assisted by as greeted next by. Mme, Merrier, When Mile, Maryse Hilz, M. Jean Auginet, Capt. E, "A.

Fowles, Capt: Gaiite of the French plane boro the a Police, Maj. I: P. Colonna, Bf. A. Int.

Lo Palud "and." members of the dover. It is the tribute of Miss Prench community generally, Namiko Usukine, of Tokyo, whose name fs, written' in Japanote chat ers The date ig given in French Protceted Against Cold and is Sfarch '18, the trip. from Peking had pagnifige" and nek cold all; and 5 hous and 15 minutes was splashed the wings or fuselage retly good time. But as. Alle. plane igh on both Nos started to "peel elf her_ outer High' enough, however, to. hide the warments it war quite ensy: to une latest decoration on the "Jo6 THT" derstand why she Thad. not felt cold 8 vividly' painted Japanese gid route." Under her heavy clo Which had been lined on the fus0- fitting leather coat appeared. sen lage as.a tribute from Miss Namiko tex upon sweater, dextrously ined Usukine, of Tokyo. The date of the eas painted: in French; it pareerand" ven, ademas

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