undecided about her future plans. Then, in September, she learnt that Broadbent was going to attempt to break her record for the England-Australia flight; he then held the record of six days, nine hours for the Australia-England flight. Batten shortly announced her intention to break Broadbent's record. Australia to England Batten planned to use her Percival Gull for the attempt and arranged for its engine to be overhauled. For her personal fitness, she embarked on a program of swimming, skipping and running. Her mother in the meantime departed Australia so that she could be in England to greet Batten when she arrived. To cover her expenses, Batten sought sponsorship from Frank Packer; his interest was lukewarm, advising her that with regular air services to Australia, the days of pioneering flights were over. In the end, he agreed to an exclusive deal whereby she would prepare a 200-word report at the end of each day. Newspapers were describing the event as a duel between Batten and Broadbent. Batten noted that it was "infinitely more difficult to fly from Australia to England than in the opposite direction" because headwinds "retard progress on the route in England". Journalists questioned the value of the attempt, one noting that with the advancement of commercial aviation, "the day of the adventure flier draws to a close". After a delay because of weather, Batten's record attempt commenced from Darwin on 19 October, with a flight to Rambang on Lombok Island, where she refueled, and flew onto Batavia to finish her first day. It had been nearly of flying. Rising early, she commenced the next leg, to Alor Star, while it was still dark. According to her autobiography, she encountered thunderstorms within an hour of her departure and much of her flight was spent flying on instruments. After a brief stop at Alor Star, she carried on to Rangoon, arriving there just 36 hours after commencing the record attempt from Darwin. She had already flown . The next day, she flew to Karachi, with a stop for fuel at Allahabad. She had flown part of the leg at just to minimise the effect of the prevailing headwind. The heat was such that the soles of her shoes became stuck to the rudder pedals. On her arrival, she was advised that she was the first solo pilot to make the flight from Rangoon to Karachi in a single day.