Reading : Biograpy

1 Biography

Name:

• Amelia Mary Earhart

Date of Birth:

• July 24 1897

Place of Birth:

• Atchison, Kansas, U.S

Achievements:

1. Flew a solo plane across the atlantic ocean
2. Awarded the distinguished flying cross.
3. July 1921 - Bought first plane, the Kinner Airster (named “The Canary”)

Other information:

• June 17-18, 1928 - First woman to fly across the Atlantic; 20hrs 40min (Fokker F7, Friendship)
• October 22, 1922 - Broke women's altitude record when she rose to 14,000 feet

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2 Biography

Name:

• Jean Batten

Date of Birth:

• September 15, 1909

Place of Birth:

• Rotorua

Achievements:

1. Broke Amy Johnson’s speed record.
2. She became the best-known New Zealander in the 1930’s
3. She became the first women to fly a solo flight from england to Argentina.

Other information:

• Jean Batten is an Aviatrix
• Her full name is Jane Gardner Batten

This week for reading Mr Wongs (Learning Space 1 Teacher) Groups had to make a biograpy based on Amelia Mary Earhart (Amelia Earhart) and Jane Gardner Batten (Jean Batten). 

Did you know that Jean battens real name was Jane but then people started calling her Jean.