Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982 : Letter to `Fellow New Zealanders' carried by flying boat `Centaurus'

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Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982 : Letter to `Fellow New Zealanders' carried by flying boat `Centaurus'

1937

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23151636

Ceremonial letter typed on Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London letterhead and signed "Jean Batten". Letter was carried as a greeting to the people of New Zealand on the Imperial Airways empire flying boat, "Centaurus". Miss Batten hoped that this flight would mark the beginning of a regular air service between England and New Zealand, following her inaugural flight in 1936.

1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres.

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Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982

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Jean Batten was born on 15 September 1909 in Rotorua, New Zealand. She and her mother moved from New Zealand to Britain in 1930 where Batten immediately pursued her ambition of learning to fly. In 1934, she flew solo from England to Australia in 14 days, 22½ hours, shattering Amy Johnson’s record by four days and becoming a world celebrity. She became the first woman to make the return journey to England and followed that up with a world record flight from England to Brazil, at the same time bec...