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Jean Batten: My Life - New Zealand's Greatest Woman Pilot (Paperback, Revised ed.)
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Jean Batten: My Life - New Zealand's Greatest Woman Pilot (Paperback, Revised ed.)
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Jean Batten was born in Rotorua, New Zealand and developped a love
for aviation from an early age. Her father did not approve of her
love of flying and she and her mother moved to London in order to
pursue her dream of becoming a pilot. Jean received her license at
the London Aeroplane Club at Stag Lane and began planning for a
flight from England to Australia to surpass the Amy Johnson's
record. After two failed attempts, she succeeded in 1934, flying a
Gipsy Moth and became a great hero in Australia, New Zealand and
England. In 1935 she broke James Mollison's records for England to
Brazil and Dakar to Natal and became the first woman to fly solo
across the South Atlantic. She also shared a Harmon Trophy with
Amelia Earhart in 1935. In 1937 she set another record for an
Australia to England flight both ways. During World War II Jean
Batten gave up flying and eventually became a recluse, living with
her mother in Majorca, Spain and appearing in public only for a few
events. She died in obscurity in Majorca in 1982. The international
terminal at Auckland Airport is named in her honor.
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