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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1988.
JIM MOLLISON'S AMAZING FLIGHT OVER LE TOUQUET
TERRIFIES CROWDED BEACH
WITH AERONAUTICS
"Had Some Drinks, Then Went Waltzing'
(By A Correspondent)
Paris, June 6.
"There have been reports that representations are to be made by the French authorities to England for the suspension of my flying licence. But I'm sure the French would not do that. They are pleasant people."
"My plans? I have none at pre- sent upart from having a good time," M. Senechal, director of Lo "Mr. Touquet airport, told me: Mollison had strolled casually into the airport bar with Richard Fairey and had n quick drink.
"The big, powerful 'plane in which they had flown from England on Friday was standing near by. They and drinks with the Prince of Kapurthala. Ench had a champagne cocktall.
who Wig "Then Mollison, shall I say?-somewhat dazed, crept out and made a dash for The 'plane.
"He started her himself, Jumped in, and then began to taxi about at terrific
sperd without trying to take So said Mr. Jim Mollison, Australia and Atlantic air-the air, and ever so often pulling
Jup dead 35.
by jamming on the brakes." Then he headed for a terrace on man and former husband of Miss Amy Johnson, to me to-day over the telephone from Le Touquet as he des-which about 60 people were drink- cocktails. There wero screams cribed an amazing flight he made there last night—a flight
and at least 30 of them scrambled under tables. during which, eye-witnesses say, he---
ing
Hended for a crowded cafe terrace Well I had the luck of my lifetime and rushed off in it to stop him. ut the airport and "came near to jagain at the casing killing 20 people":
of buildings Skimmed the tops over Etaples, the town nearby;
Spread terror among English crowds on the beach with a loop and a dive that "brought him within a hair's breadth of death"; and
When only 000 feet up turned sharply, lost speed, and avoided crashing "only by a miracle.
So horrified were officials of the
Le Touquet airport at mu escapade
I did is absolute eyewash.
"I had the crash car brought out signalled lun, but he made straight "A good deal of what people say for us. I jumped out and lay Bat
i did on
He roared past, the ground. stunt flying when I was in Australia. missing me by some yards, aud and although I admit I may have headed for another acroplane belong- broken some of the dying regulations ing to an English visitor, which was and so on-I had the machine under preparing to start. control the whole Ume. The plane
@ 450
UH
"Next
took
ם
the alr, and h.p. four-seater Sumson. immediately broke the regulations by He tried to turn at 600 feet. "If anyone's life was in danger it lying was mine-nobody else's,"
steeply, then, with wings vertical, loat
We li felt certain he Feel must crash, but somehow he managed
"I DID EVERYTHING "
I told Mr. Mollison that according to right himself.
at the time
which expert flyingt men describe as to people present
he
without parallel in aviation history appeared to have "gone mad in the that a minute after Mr. Mollison had fair" and was said to look intoxicated, taken the air they warned all planes by radio to keep clear, rushed out the ambulance, phoned for doctors and
nurses.
POLICE WERE CHARMING' As soon as he landed he was baken in charge by the polee and accum- Le *Totul poller panied to the
station. After kint a statement, he was released an hour and a half later.
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I am informed that a report is
sent be
the aviation to authorities In England. "Why, I just had a Whitsun feeling and dreifed to do a bit of what
exuberant dying" Mr. Mollison ralf declared.
the airport
"I had some drinks, but I say again there was no danger.” ho
་་། salu.
flew
down, upside looped the loop, did everything. Yes, I felt very happy, and went I don't waltzing around Ure sky.
about having know anything
cafe or headed straight for a Lerrorsing Le Touquet,
IN the "I know that 2,000 feet lowest altitude at whien une enn by populated area I admit t
went below that.
"I must say again the police and vryone here have behaves wonder- 1 pulogise for fully well to me. what happened.
"For
a quarter of an hour he gave the most fantastic display. Experts watching with me said it was only shery fuck that saved him from death.
'DIDN'T MOVE OR SPEAK'
"After flashing over Le Touquet and almost grazing the beach and the airport buildings he landed with the wind behind him.
I
doer the "When
opened Mollison did not speak, and Mr. Furey taxied the plane back to the hangar, Still Mollison sat in the cockpit without moving or speaking. He remained like that for a quarter of an hour, after which he got out and had a drink."
har,
"I was not put in a cell at the police station at waited in a sort
Mr.
Bernard,
of anteroom until they got a magis-shee
rate.
Fairey and friend. Mr.
who
stated to have are bud
with Mr. quarrel A
'planc Mollenn, left to-day in the
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So 1 leit hopped into a plane and faurly threw the thing about the sky for 20 minutes or so. That's all that Dapurned.
"um staying here until Tuesday, for Purls and possibly the Riviera. when I think Richard Fairey
uf the
aircraft-designer
French police. who were, member really very charming, made me ony family), awe of this machine, who Africa Profers American tabills, talked to
went on.
"They has down in to the Riviera to-day.
to me for one and a half hours will return and fly me back to Eng-
of so and told me all about things
་་་་
I had done. Then they let me go
"1 weat changed Into
back
to my hotel. dress, evening strolled over to the casino and won a little more than £460.
"GAMBLED ALL NIGHT"
He
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tension between Germany and Czechoslovakia brought further hope of averting another world war, a3 General Jan Syrovy, Chief of the Czecho- stovak urmy, above, ordered gro- dual withdrawal of his mobilized troops away from the border.
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"The Golden Arrow," train between Calais and Paris, was running smoothly towards the French capital when the conductor announced luncheon.
Miss Rose Fllbeam, a native of She Sussex, went to the dining car.
sat down and faced a stranger. Three hours later she was engaged to him. He was Mr. Robert Hall Beauregard, an American art student.
Thirteen days later, the quickest possible time under French law, they Mr. and Mrs. Beauregard. Cupid had set up # world speed record.
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to
Miss Pilbeam had arranged travel with a friend, hut at the last moment the friend had to change plans. When she entered the din- ing-car she was escorted to the double table by the attendant.
Mr. Beauregard had also arrang- ed to travel with a friend, but here again plans were altered and the attendant offered him the only available seat for the second lun- chcon service in the dining-cor.
COMMON INTERESTS
The couple got into conversation, found they had common interests, nd before they reached Paris, Mr. Beauregard had proposed marriage and was accepted.
When they arrived in Parls they found they had mutual friends, and as Mr. Beauregard is due to return to the United States next month they decided to marry as soon as they could.
They
hey were just in time by a few minutes to permit of the ceremony tuking placo 13 days after their romantle meeting. At 13 o'clock Continental time the couple were ་་ནལ once more aboard the Golden Arrow, seated at the table that had brought a brief them romance, and after
in Sussex they will sail honeymoon for the United States.
Miss Piibeam belongs to a Sussex family of yeoman farmers associat- cd with the county for centuries. Probably what influenced her more than anything else in accepting the lightning marriage offer Was the fact that only three weeks before The chief secret of Miss Jean when roaming over the south downs Batten's success, as revealed in she had her hand read by a gipsy, her book, "My Life," is her fixed, soon a foreigner who would propose obstinate, almost ruthless con-maringe and with whom she would
be ideally happy... centration.
London.
reason Revealing the
for post.
who told her that she would meet
poning her marriage after her first MARRIED HER UNCLE
fight she says:
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"I felt that if I married I could not Nullity Decree For Wife' devote myself whole-heartedly to the programune I had planned, now that I bad tasted the fruits of success, and felt the urge to rise to even greater heights and responsibility,
A decree nist of nullity on
the ground that the parties were "with- "However, in the light that it would in the prohibited degrees" when they cars and heavy motor vehicles than British during 1837. the latest hinder my progress and was not to married was granted by Sir Boyd no Merriman, President of the Divorce "Ulcensing @gures issued by the De-be considered, I decided that
and Statistics sacrifice was too great to achieve the Court, London. he partment of Census
lask 1 had set myself."
11 was 1 o'clock the afternoon when I spoke to Mr. Mollison. Hold me he was just shaving. gambled all night at the casino,"
"People said I had the luck of my ethue to escape death in that flight. said,
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