New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation Inc (NZAWA): Records

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New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation Inc (NZAWA): Records

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30632907

Collection comprises scrapbooks compiled by association, with two letters from Jean Batten about becoming patron. Minute books 1959-. AGM register, 1960-1995, with names and photographs of those attending. Correspondence, general and personal. Includes electronic scans of Minute Books (1959-2001) and the Finance Sub-Committee Report (1968).

7 volume(s). 52 electronic scan(s). 0.70 Linear Metres.

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National Library of New Zealand

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676440

National Library of New Zealand

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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...