New Zealand's Finest Pioneering Lady Pilots

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New Zealand's Finest Pioneering Lady Pilots

One of New Zealand's finest Pioneering Lady pilots. Born Jane Gardner Batten on 15th, September 1909 at Rotorua, New Zealand. She was more commonly known as Jean. Her first introduction to flying was in 1929 when the famous Charles Kingsford-Smith took her for a flight in his plane 'THE SOUTHERN CROSS'. Kingsford-Smith was an Australian pilot who, in 1928, made the first trans-pacific flight from America to Australia.
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