Jean Batten
Born 15 September 1909 in Rotorua, New Zealand. Died on 22 November 1982.
Jean Batten was a New Zealand aviator who made a number of record breaking solo flights across the world, including the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936, a record that then stood for 44 years.
She was known as ’The Garbo of the skies’ because of her good looks.
Jean Batten was a New Zealand aviator who made a number of record breaking solo flights across the world, including the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936, a record that then stood for 44 years.
She was known as ’The Garbo of the skies’ because of her good looks.
