Jean Batten left for New Zealand from Kent, England, at 4.20 a.m. on 5 October 1936. Despite the early hour, a large media contingent gathered to see her off; Batten was already famous for her successful solo flights from England to Australia in May 1934, and to South America in November 1935.She landed at Auckland at approximately 6.30am 16/10/36
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Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Anti-terror raids in Urewera
15/10/07
Terrorism Suppression Act police arrested 18 people in raids linked to alleged weapons-training camps near the Bay of Plenty township in Rūātoki.Rūātoki and nearby Whakatāne, police executed search warrants in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington
Terrorism Suppression Act police arrested 18 people in raids linked to alleged weapons-training camps near the Bay of Plenty township in Rūātoki.Rūātoki and nearby Whakatāne, police executed search warrants in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington
Monday, 14 October 2019
Friday, 27 September 2019
Monday, 5 August 2019
Friday, 2 August 2019
Time line
1930 1000 BCE – First kites
852 BCE – A king tries to fly
1485–1500 – da Vinci designs planes
1709 – Model glider design
1783 – hot air balloon flight
1843 – Biplane design
1895 – Biplane gliders 1930
1903 – First powered flight
1904 – First powered flight in New Zealand
1911 – New Zealander launches glider
1927 – First trans-Atlantic flight
1932 – First woman flies across Atlantic
1932–1937 – Record-breaking flights
1939 – First jet-propelled aircraft
1940s – Aerial agriculture developed in NZ
1947 – Aircraft exceeds speed of sound
1969 – First supersonic transport flight
1970 – First Boeing 747 commercial flight
1976 – Concorde passengers
1979 – Longest human-powered flight
1986 – First non-stop flight around world
2005–2006 – First non-stop world solo flights
2009 – New glider record
2011 – Martin jetpack
2016 – solar flight around the world
Monday, 10 June 2019
Number Plate
First we had to write something related to Jesus in a number plate.Then we had to highlight the words with a sharpe and then colored the border.
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