LIVE AUTOGRAPH AUCTION TV SPORT BATTLE OF BRITAIN, UK US LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER BOMBER ACES, DAMBUSTERS, NAVY, SPACE, CONCORDE
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Jean Batten signed RAF cover and The Garbo of the Skies Hardback book by Ian Mackersey. Drawing on secret memoirs found after Jean Batten’s death and on hundreds of interviews with people who knew her, this biography reveals much about the aviator star of the 1930s, whose sudden disappearance in Majorca in 1982 created a mystery for nearly five years. PLUS Nice Jean Batten Signed Cover. Flown London to Rome Bombay Hong Kong Melbourne. 5 Oct 76 BFPS 1537 Jean Batten made many Solo World Record Flights and 40th Anniversary Solo Record Breaking Flight England to New Zealand. Cover depicts Jean Batten and her Percival Gull G ADPR off the Malaysian coast during her record breaking England to New Zealand flight in October 1936. Cover flown in British Airways Boeing 747 G AWNG from London to Rome, Rome to Bombay by Capt Jacobs, Bombay to Hong Kong by Capt Bradley, Hong Kong to Melbourne Capt Harper, Melbourne to Auckland by Capt Lambert. Flown from Auckland to Christchurch in Boeing 737 214 ZK NAK by Capt Miller. Personally Signed by Miss Jean Batten CBE 1936 solo record 5 days 21 hrs E. T. In addition to capturing 5 important records and establishing 4 World Records for any type of aeroplane, Jean Batten was the first woman to make a return flight to Australia to fly solo to South America and to New Zealand and cross the South Atlantic Ocean and the Tasman Sea alone. Details enclosed. Good Condition Est.
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