Jean Batten interview

Object detail

Accession number

MSS-0192-1.21

Maker

Southern Cross Austereo

Description

In this interview Batten discusses her flying career. She asked about being a woman in aviation and replies she did not think of herself as specifically a woman pilot because there was not much flying at all in the 1930s. Photographs from Batten's republished book 'My life' renamed 'Alone in the sky' and a model of the De Havilland Moth DH-ULM are also featured during the interview.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic

Physical description

1 videodisc (approximately 2 minutes) : sound, colour

Collection

Jean Batten manuscript and photograph collection

Credit line

Southern Cross Austereo. 11 Feb 1980. Jean Batten interview, MSS-0192-1.21. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Disk, Optical Videodisc, Digital Tools & Equipment for Communication Data Processing T&E Data Processing Media

Production place

Launceston Tasmania Australia

Subject: all levels

Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982 New Zealand Aviation New Zealand Women air pilots Australia Television

Collection type

Audio Visual Walsh Memorial Library

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