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JEAN BATTEN A power point made by Erin!
Jean’s life • Jean Batten was born in Rotorua on September the 15 1909, from an early age Jean was encouraged by her mother Ellen to compete in traditionally male careers.In 1924 aged 15 Batten enrolled at secretarial school and began to study ballet and the piano with the goal of becoming a professional performer. In 1927 she found a new ambition: when pilot Charles Lindbergh made non-stop crossing of the Ocean, Jean Batten decided she wanted to fly. In 1929 Ellen took Batten to Sydney,to fly with the Australian pilot Charles Kingsford Smith. The next year she and Ellen sailed to England, where Batten learnt to fly at the London Aeroplane Club, gaining her "A" licence in December 1930
How she became a pilot! • Jean Batten was the daughter of a dental surgeon and a mother who became a strong supporter of her career as a pilot. In 1924 she was enrolled into a girls' boarding college in Remuera in Auckland where she studied ballet and piano. Though she was a gifted pianist, at the age of 18 she wanted to become a pilot, inspired by the Australian Charles Kingsford Smith, who took her for a flight in his Southern Cross.
Her plane • Jean Batten's Percival Gull at Auckland International Airport. Before being placed on display this aircraft took a final flight over Auckland for public viewing. Ironically, after the huge distance flown safely carrying Jean Batten, the aircraft developed engine trouble soon after takeoff. The short flight had to be cancelled and there are no further plans to fly G-ADPR again.
The picture from before • Jean’s plane!
Her records! • 1934 – England - Australia (women's record) 10,500 miles in 14 days 22 hours 30 minutes, breaking Amy Johnson's record by over four days.1 • 1935 – Australia - England in 17 days 15 hours. First woman ever to make a return flight. • 1935 – England - Brazil: 5000 miles in 61 hours 15 minutes, setting world record for any type of aeroplane. Also fastest crossing South Atlantic Ocean, 13¼ hours, and first woman to make England - South America flight. • 1936 – England - New Zealand. World record for any type. 14,224 miles in 11 days 45 minutes total elapsed time, including 2½ days in.
Ways she is remembered • Houses in Maclean's College, Howick Intermediate and Westlake Girls High School are named after her, as is Batten (Blue) House at Orewa College and in the whanau system of Aorere College in South Auckland
A SMART SAYING "Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the same fire that urged adventurers of old to set forth in their sailing ships for foreign lands." –Jean Batten.
Why she is a heroine • Jean is a heroine for both boys and girls She achieved her dreams as well as chasing them she is a perfect role model for every one and I sure wish I met her!
