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    • Portrait of aviator Jean Batten taken by Leo White, 16 Oct 1936
    Rights: Whites Aviation Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. Published 9 September 2011 Size: 330 KB Referencing Hub media

    Jean Batten was a New Zealand aviatrix. During the 1930s, she was well known for taking a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world.

    Portrait by Leo Lemuel White, 16 October 1936.

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