Jean Gardner Batten CBE OSC (15 September 1909 – 22 November 1982) was a New Zealand aviatrix.
Born in Rotorua, she became the best-known New Zealander of the 1930's, internationally, by making a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world.
She made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936.
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