Territory Stories

Jean Batten

Details:

Title

Jean Batten,

Photographer

Young, Mayse, 1913-,

Photo number

PH0200/0253,

Collection

Mayse Young Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1934-05-23,

Location

Darwin,

Description

Woman in the cockpit of a plane. DH60M Moth G-AARB departed Lympne, UK, on 8 May 1934 and landed Darwin 3pm 23 May. Jean Batten took 14D 22H 30M for the flight, thus beating Amy Johnson's Eng-Aus record by more than four and a half days.,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/11432,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/732217