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Jean Batten’s Plane (N.Z Preu Ann—Copyright) LONDON, August 8. The Percival Gull monoplane in which the New Zealand girl dean Batten made a record-breaking flight from England to New Zealand in 1936, would remain in England, an aviation museum spokesman said today. The spokesman was commenting on a report from New Zealand that the Auckland Regional Authority wanted the monoplane as a centrepiece for the terminal building in its international airport. The spokesman said the plane would remain in the Shuttleworth Trust’s collection at the Old Warden, Bedfordshire, aircraft museum. The museum was not interested in any offers for the plane. “This is an historic aircraft, belonging to a unique collection, which was given to us several years ago by the makers,” he said. “We have no intention of parting with it.”
The chairman of the authority (Mr H. D. Lambie) had said the monoplane would be a most appropriate historic link with the past, especially as Miss Batten landed at Mangere after her flight in 1936.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31134, 10 August 1966, Page 7
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