Broadbent, who is at present making a flight to Australia in an attempt to regain the outward mark.
Miss Batten was accorded a royal reception when she landed at Lympne at 346 pin. to break the record by fourteen hours and nine minutes, The former time was six days ten hours and 55 minutes.
When she alighted from her plane, though almost too stiff to stand, she was carried to the accompaniment of loud cheers, through a milling, enthusiastic throng.
Among those awaiting her was her mother who had come specially from New Zealand.
When Miss Batten arrived at a London hotel a few hours later, she said she still_heard the roar of the engine, Earlier, she drove in triumph, standing in her car, through the streets arti was cheered by large crowds,
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