Jean Batten
Jane Gardner Batten (15 September 1909 – 22 November 1982), commonly known as Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator who made several record-breaking flights – including the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936.
Quotes
[edit]- ...Australia like New Zealand is still very much 'a man's country
- As stated in: Batten, Jean (1979). Alone in the Sky. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 0-906393-01-9.
- I find it hard to believe that I do not have to go on somewhere else... but there doesn't seem anywhere else to go, unless to the Antarctic. But one thing I do know: when I travel for a while after this I am going by train or road transport. I have had enough of the air for the time being.
- As stated in: 'Sea Flight', New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22552, 17 October 1936, Page 16
- How bitter-sweet it all was, I reflected — flying about the world, visiting these great cities, meeting many people, making many friends, then having to fly off again.
- As stated in MOTAT's "Jean Batten's Journey to Brazil," Renshaw, Chelsea 2022. MOTAT Museum of Transport and Technology. Published: 27 April 2022.
- the intoxicating drug of speed, and freedom to roam the earth.
- On what she loved, as stated in RNZ's "100 Nasty Women: Jean Batten," an excerpt from Hannah Jewell's 100 Nasty Women of History RNZ. Published 27 December 2017.
- If I go down in the sea...no one must fly out to look for me.
- As stated in RNZ's "100 Nasty Women: Jean Batten," an excerpt from Hannah Jewell's 100 Nasty Women of History RNZ. Published 27 December 2017.
- But England to Naples in a day is no mean feat for any man, let alone a girl without any previous long-distance experience.
- As said in: Mackersey, Ian (1990). Jean Batten: The Garbo of the Skies. Auckland: MacDonald Publishing. ISBN 0-356-19573-2.
- ...my only company the roar of the engine as I winged low over the ocean like a solitary bird... I might have been the only person in the world.
- As said in: Mackersey, Ian (1990). Jean Batten: The Garbo of the Skies. Auckland: MacDonald Publishing. ISBN 0-356-19573-2.
- There have been times when the loneliness has been so intense that I have longed for the sound of a human voice or the sight of a ship, or even a tiny native village, to dispel the feeling of complete isolation that one feels when flying alone over the sparsely inhabited tracts that comprise such a great area of the earth's surface.
- As stated in: King, John (1998). Famous New Zealand Aviators. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing. pp. 63-4. ISBN 1-86934-066-3.
I made a point of ignoring both of them.
- In response advice from Kingsford Smith: Don't attempt to break men's records; and don't fly at night. Batten's response as stated in: King, John (1998). Famous New Zealand Aviators. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing. pp. 67. ISBN 1-86934-066-3.
- ...would not even consider it until I had attained my ambition, for I was determined to try again.
- Regarding marriage stated in: King, John (1998). Famous New Zealand Aviators. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing. pp. 68. ISBN 1-86934-066-3.
- I was able to fly from England to New Zealand in the fastest time in the history of the world...I think I can say this is the very greatest moment of my life.
- As said in: Mackersey, Ian (1990). Jean Batten: The Garbo of the Skies. Auckland: MacDonald Publishing. ISBN 0-356-19573-2.
- I have experienced the cool, rarefied atmosphere of the Olympic heights where the famous dwell in lonely solitude.
- As said in: Mackersey, Ian (1990). Jean Batten: The Garbo of the Skies. Auckland: MacDonald Publishing. ISBN 0-356-19573-2.
- Ted, if you love me, lend me the lower wings from your Moth.
- As stated in: King, John (1998). Famous New Zealand Aviators. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing. pp. 70. ISBN 1-86934-066-3.
- ...I had served my apprenticeship and was now a cool, ruthless, potential record-breaker.
- As stated in: King, John (1998). Famous New Zealand Aviators. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing. pp. 70. ISBN 1-86934-066-3.
