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Jean Batten Unique piece of aviation and Concorde signed memorabilia. This is a 1973 typed and hand signed letter by Jean Batten (1909-1982). Batten was a New Zealand aviator and the best known New Zealander of the 1930s. She made a number of record breaking solo flights and in 1936 made the first ever solo flight from England to New Zealand. This letter, written in 1973 when Batten lived in Tenerife, was sent to a Squadron Leader Hitchings DFC in Kent, England. Here are a couple of fascinating passages from the letter: “...you may like to know of an association called Confidence in Concorde project formed earlier this year, to enable all friends of Concorde to unite and speak with one powerful voice to refute the rumours and wildly inaccurate statements being circulated on both sides of the Atlantic, by the anti-Concorde group” “...after the TU144 crash, they switched from the environmental angle to circulating rumours about a new form of metal fatigue” “...If you would care to join Confidence in Concorde project, will you let me know and I will send the booklet of aims, car-sticker, membership application form... you may like to know that among those who have joined recently are, Lord Balfour of Inchrye, Sir Peter Masefield and Air Commodore Wheeler”. A truly wonderful letter, written on two sides of one page, with original mailing envelope from Batten s home in Tenerife. You can own this insight into Concorde s development written by an aviation legend Good condition. Please see the following link for more or higher quality images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/115538046@N07/sets/72157685035547780/page1