Papers. 1973.

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Papers. 1973.

Transcripts of tape reecordings (n.d.); a brochure, two photographs, and three posters from the 'Women in the Air' show, Northampton (Sywell) Airport, 10 June 1973 (two posters autographed by aviator Jean Batten, one by Sheila Scott); three maps.

2 cm.

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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...

Scott, Sheila, 1922-1988

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Competitive pilot, actress, lecturer, writer. Born and educated at Worcester, England. Sheila Scott held over 100 world-class flying records, and won many flying trophies. Her 100th record was for a flight 1 1/2 times around the world from Equator to Equator over the North Pole in 1971. Among her writings are "I Must Fly: Adventures of a Woman Pilot" (1968), and "On Top of the World" (republished as "Barefoot in the Sky: An Autobiography"). From the description of Papers. 1973. (Libr...