Personal details
Full Name:
- Jane Gardner Batten
Lifetime:
- 15 Sep 1909–22 Nov 1982
Biography
Jean Batten was New Zealand's greatest aviator, celebrated around the world for her heroic solo flights during the 1930s.
Read more...Events In History
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16 October 1936Jean Batten reaches Auckland after epic solo flightJean Batten left for New Zealand from Kent, England, at 4.20 a.m. on 5 October 1936. Despite the early hour, a large media contingent gathered to see her off; Batten was already famous for her successful solo flights from England to Australia in May 1934, and to South America in November 1935. Read more...
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Jean Gardner Batten, 1934
