Zealand. The international terminal at the Auckland International Airport is named Jean Batten Terminal in her honour. A bronze statue of Batten was unveiled at the airport in November 1989, and the Percival Gull in which she made the first solo trip from England to New Zealand in 1936 is on display in the terminal. For her aviation exploits, she was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. A primary school founded in 1970 in Māngere is named after her; Batten, in her will, left it funds for use as competition prizes. The historic Jean Batten building in Auckland, which occupies the small block between Fort and Shortland Streets, is also bounded by Jean Batten Place. The building has a Historic Place Category 1 rating by Heritage New Zealand. A street in her birthplace of Rotorua is also named for her. A bronze sculpture of Batten is located in the main terminal of Rotorua Regional Airport, and memorial panels are installed in the building. A small park in the middle of the city is named after her, and the Jean Batten Memorial is located there. A peak in the Ailsa Mountains of Fiordland was named for her in 1939; she had visited the nearby Walter Peak Station, close to Lake Wakatipu. In September 2009, a street in the area of Palma where Batten died was renamed Carrer de Jean Batten (Jean Batten Street). Major flights 8 May to 23 May 1934 – England–Australia (solo women's record) in 14 days 22 hours 30 minutes, breaking Amy Johnson's record by over four days. 8 April to 29 April 1935 – Australia–England (solo women's record) in 17 days 16 hours 15 minutes. First woman ever to make a return flight. 11 November to 13 November 1935 – England–Brazil: in 61 hours 15 minutes, setting a world record for any type of aeroplane. Also fastest crossing South Atlantic Ocean, 13 hours 15 minutes, and first woman to make an England–South America flight. 5 October to 16 October 1936 – England–New Zealand in 11 days 45 minutes, including two days 12 hours in Sydney. World record for any type. 19 October to 24 October 1937 – Australia–England in 5 days 18 hours 15 minutes, giving her solo records simultaneously in both directions. Her last long-distance flight. Notes Footnotes Citations References External links My Life by Jean Batten (1938) NZEDGE.COM Jean Batten