Jean Batten
New Zealand aviator (1909-1982) · New Zealand · Scientists · Died at 73
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Something wrong?Jane Gardner Batten, commonly known as Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator who made several record-breaking flights - including the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936.
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Kingsford Smith's Southern Cross, in 1928![Batten after landing in Australia to complete her record flight. She made a point of wearing a white flying suit for the occasion.[63]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Portrait_of_New_Zealand_aviator_Jean_Batten_standing_next_to_her_Gipsy_Moth_biplane_G-AARB_-_Sydney_Morning_Herald_and_Sydney_Mail_%2816102210758%29.jpg/500px-Portrait_of_New_Zealand_aviator_Jean_Batten_standing_next_to_her_Gipsy_Moth_biplane_G-AARB_-_Sydney_Morning_Herald_and_Sydney_Mail_%2816102210758%29.jpg)
Batten after landing in Australia to complete her record flight. She made a point of wearing a white flying suit for the occasion.[63]
Batten's approximate flight path from England to Australia, May 1934; the second and successive red dots indicate the final stop for each day of flying
Batten's record-breaking Percival Gull Six named Jean on its engine cowling at a 1954 UK air show
In a photograph from the Brazilian archives, Jean Batten and her Gull are shown on the deck of a passenger ship
Jean Batten with Malcolm McGregor, circa 1936
Jean Batten and her GullAwards
About this person
Country
New Zealand
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1982 · aged 73
Scientists from New Zealand 6
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