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World Service,18 Aug 1999,3 mins

New Zealand's Aviation Pioneer

My Century

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Rick Batten is the nephew of Jean Batten, New Zealand's aviation pioneer whose Percival Gull monoplane is displayed at Auckland airport. Rick describes her record-breaking solo flight from Britain to New Zealand in 1936, and how she died in obscurity.

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