Jean Batten

Percival Gull P3

• 1934 – England - Australia (women's record) 10,500 miles in 14 days 22 hours 30 minutes, breaking Amy Johnson's record by over four days.^[2]
• 1935 – Australia - England in 17 days 15 hours. First woman ever to make a return flight.
• 1935 – England - Brazil: 5000 miles in 61 hours 15 minutes, setting world record for any type of aeroplane. Also fastest crossing South Atlantic Ocean, 13¼ hours, and first woman to make England - South America flight.
• 1936 – England - New Zealand. World record for any type. 14,224 miles in 11 days 45 minutes total elapsed time, including 2½ days in Sydney              from :   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Batten