Biography - Amelia Earhart and Jean Batten

Amelia Earhart Biography

Full Name

• Amelia Mary Earhart

School graduated at:

• Hyde Park School

Place of Birth

• America  , Atchison , Kansas

Achievements:

1. In June 1928 Jean Batten flew from Newfoundland to Burry Port,Wales, made her an celebrity.
2. Amelia was the first woman to get a pilot’s license from the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) in 1923.
3. During her 2,408 mile flight to become the first person to fly solo across the Pacific.

Other information:

• Amelia Earhart was taught how to fly by another pioneer female aviator Neta Snook.
• The U.S. government spent $4 million searching for Amelia Earhart.
• Amelia Earhart was born in 1897.
• Amelia Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair when she was 10 years old.
• On December 28,1920, pilot Frank Hawks gave Amelia Earhart’s first ride in an airplane.
• Amelia Earhart’s first plane was a bright yellow Kinner Airster that she nicknamed, “The Canary”.

Jean Batten Biography

Full Name

• Jean Gardner Batten

Father and Mother Name

• Frederick Batten and Ellen Batten

Best Known As

• Jean Batten became best- known as New Zealanders of the 1930, internationally, by making a number of record-breaking solo (by herself) flights across the world.

Achievements:

1. 1935: Australia-England in 17 days 15 hours. First woman to make return flight. Plane she flew in was the De Havilland Gipsy Moth G-AARB. England - Brazil: 5000 miles in 61 hours 15 minutes elapsed time. World Record for any type of aeroplane and first woman to make England to South Africa flight. Plane she flew in was the Percival Gull Monoplane G-ADPR.
2. 1936: England - New Zealand. It took her 14,224 miles in 11 days 45 minutes total elapsed time 21/22 days in Sydney Australia. She flew the Percival Gull Monoplane G-ADPR. She also first direct flight from England to Auckland,New Zealand. She also made the world record for fastest flight between Australia and New Zealand. England to Australia solo record. It took her 10, 500 miles in 5 days 21 hours total elapsed time.
3. 1937:Australia - England solo record. It took her 5 days 18 hours and 15 minutes. She was the first person to hold both England to Australia and Australia to England solo records at the same time. She flew in the Percival Gull Monoplane G-ADPR. Solo means alone without other people. So Jean Batten flew by herself without anyone.  

Other information:

• Jean batten was born on the 15th September 1909 in Rotorua.
• Jean Batten was one of the greatest international aviators of the 1930s.
• Jean Batten flew with the most famous Australian pioneer aviator Charles Kings ford Smith.

This week for our Reading Task we had to make a biography about Jean Batten and Amelia Earhart. Amelia Earhart was an American aviator pioneer author. Amelia Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Jean Batten was a New Zealand aviator. She became best known New Zealanders of the 1930s by making a lot of number of record breaking solo (by herself) flights across the world. I was a bit struggling on trying to research about Amelia Earhart. I think for next time I should write a biography I should do another aviator maybe Bert Acosta or William Boeing.