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Jean Batten

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Jean Gardner Batten, CBE, OSC (15 September 1909 – 22 November 1982) was a New Zealand aviatrix. [1]

58 relations: Aircraft pilot, Amy Johnson, Aorere College, Auckland, Auckland Airport, Bank of New Zealand, Boeing 737, Brazil, Britannia Trophy, Castrol, Charles Kingsford Smith, Christchurch, De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Dominion of New Zealand, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Feather cloak, Forrest Hill, New Zealand, George G. Harrap and Co., Google Doodle, Greta Garbo, Harmon Trophy, House system, Howick Intermediate, Karachi, King George VI Coronation Medal, Legion of Honour, Macleans College, Mallorca, Māngere, Māori people, Monash University, Mount Maunganui, Museum of Transport and Technology, New Zealand Electronic Text Centre, Opunake, Order of the British Empire, Order of the Southern Cross, Orewa College, Palma de Mallorca, Percival Gull, Pukekohe Intermediate School, Qantas, Rangi and Papa, Remuera, Rotorua, Rotorua Regional Airport, Royal Aero Club, Southern Cross (aircraft), Southland Girls' High School, Spain, ..., Tasman Sea, Tauranga Girls' College, Victoria University of Wellington, Wallington, London, Wellington, Wellington Girls' College, Westlake Girls High School, World War II. Expand index (8 more) »

Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson (1 July 1903 – 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English aviator who was the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia.

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Aorere College

Aorere College is a co-educational state secondary school (years 9–13) that was established in 1964 in Papatoetoe, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Auckland Airport

Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand, with 19,387,627 (10,594,128 international and 8,793,499 domestic) passengers in the year ended October 2017.

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Bank of New Zealand

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is one of New Zealand's big four banks and has been operating in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in December 1861.

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Boeing 737

The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range twinjet narrow-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Britannia Trophy

The Britannia Trophy is a British award presented by the Royal Aero Club for aviators accomplishing the most meritorious performance in aviation during the previous year.

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Castrol

Castrol is a British global brand of industrial and automotive lubricants offering a wide range of oils, greases and similar products for most lubrication applications.

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Charles Kingsford Smith

Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, MC, AFC (9 February 1897 – 8 November 1935), often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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De Havilland DH.60 Moth

The de Havilland DH.60 Moth is a 1920s British two-seat touring and training aircraft that was developed into a series of aircraft by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.

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Dominion of New Zealand

The Dominion of New Zealand was the historical successor to the Colony of New Zealand.

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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

The Fédération aéronautique internationale (FAI; The World Air Sports Federation), is the world governing body for air sports.

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Feather cloak

Feather cloaks have been used by several cultures.

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Forrest Hill, New Zealand

Forrest Hill is a suburb of Auckland.

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George G. Harrap and Co.

George G. Harrap, Ltd (officially: George G. Harrap and Company Limited, London, Bombay) is a now defunct publisher of high quality specialty books, many of them educational, such as the memoirs of Winston Churchill, or highly illustrated with line drawings, engravings or etchings, such as the much republished classic educational children's book The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone from at least 1901 into the 1980s.

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Google Doodle

A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepages that commemorates holidays, events, achievements, and people.

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Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish film actress during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Harmon Trophy

The Harmon Trophy is a set of three international trophies, to be awarded annually to the world's outstanding aviator, aviatrix, and aeronaut (balloon or dirigible).

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House system

The house system is a traditional feature of schools in England, originating in England.

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Howick Intermediate

Howick Intermediate is a co-educational intermediate school located on the corner of Botany Road and Pakuranga Highway, in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Karachi

Karachi (کراچی; ALA-LC:,; ڪراچي) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh.

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King George VI Coronation Medal

The King George VI Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

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Legion of Honour

The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.

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Macleans College

Macleans College is a co-educational state secondary school located in Bucklands Beach, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Mallorca

Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.

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Māngere

Māngere (frequently written Mangere) is one of the largest suburbs in Auckland, in northern New Zealand.

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Māori people

The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

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Monash University

Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Mount Maunganui

Mount Maunganui, is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga, located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre.

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Museum of Transport and Technology

The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) is a science and technology museum located in Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand.

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New Zealand Electronic Text Centre

The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre (NZETC) (Te Pūhikotuhi o Aotearoa) was renamed in 2012 the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection due to internal restructuring.

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Opunake

Opunake is a small town on the southwest coast of Taranaki in New Zealand's North Island.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Order of the Southern Cross

The National Order of the Southern Cross (Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul) is a Brazilian order of chivalry founded by Emperor Pedro I on 1 December 1822.

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Orewa College

Orewa College is a state coeducational combined intermediate and secondary school located in Orewa, on the Hibiscus Coast north of Auckland, New Zealand.

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Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca, frequently used name for the city of Palma, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain.

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Percival Gull

The Percival Gull was a British single-engined monoplane, first flown in 1932.

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Pukekohe Intermediate School

Pukekohe Intermediate School is a New Zealand intermediate school located in the rural community of Pukekohe, Auckland.

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Qantas

Qantas Airways is the flag carrier of Australia and its largest airline by fleet size, international flights and international destinations.

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Rangi and Papa

In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatūānuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world (though there are many different versions).

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Remuera

Remuera is an affluent inner city residential suburban area within Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand.

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Rotorua

Rotorua (Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe "The second great lake of Kahumatamomoe") is a city on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua from which the city takes its name, located in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Rotorua Regional Airport

Rotorua Regional Airport is an airport in Rotorua, New Zealand.

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Royal Aero Club

The Royal Aero Club (RAeC) is the national co-ordinating body for Air Sport in the United Kingdom.

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Southern Cross (aircraft)

Southern Cross is the name of the Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane that in 1928 was flown by Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harry Lyon and James Warner in the first-ever trans-Pacific flight to Australia from the mainland United States, a distance of about.

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Southland Girls' High School

Southland Girls' High School is a girls' secondary school in Invercargill, New Zealand, established in 1879.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea (Māori: Te Tai-o-Rehua) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand.

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Tauranga Girls' College

Tauranga Girls' College is a state single-sex girls secondary school in Tauranga, New Zealand.

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Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington (Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko o Te Ika a Māui) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Wallington, London

Wallington is a town in the London Borough of Sutton, England, south south-west of Charing Cross.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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Wellington Girls' College

Wellington Girls' College was founded in 1883 in Wellington New Zealand.

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Westlake Girls High School

Westlake Girls High School is a state girls secondary school, located to the west of Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Batten

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