Consider text II to answer questions 05 to 08.
TEXT II
Around the World with Barrier Breaking Women Pilots
Oct 31, 2021
By Dorothy Cochrane and P. Ramirez
5 We know the names of early American women pilots like
Bessie Coleman and Amelia Earhart. However, across the
globe, women pilots were also taking to the skies and
setting records. Travel across with these stories of two such
pilots.
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Part I
Hélène Dutrieu, Belgium
Hélène Dutrieu of Belgium was known as the "girl hawk" of
15 aviation because she was the most daring and
accomplished woman pilot of her time. She first soloed in
France in 1909 and within a year was setting altitude and
distance records. She thrilled the world in September of
1910 by flying non-stop from Ostend to Bruges, Belgium,
20 and she became the first Belgian woman to receive a pilot
license on November 25, 1910. During her second year as
an aviator she narrowly escaped death twice. She visited
the United States in 1911, making her American debut at
the Nassau Boulevard Aviation meeting. Back in Europe,
25 Dutrieu won France's Coupe Femina for the women's world
nonstop light record on December 31, 1911, flying 158 miles
(254 kilometers) in 178 minutes. In Florence, Italy, she was
the only woman in a field of 15 and outflew all of her male
competitors to win the King's Cup. In 1913 the French
30 government awarded Dutrieu the Legion of Honor for her
achievements. She also became an ambulance driver and
later a director of a military hospital.
Part II
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Jean Batten, New Zealand
Jean Batten grew up in New Zealand and developed a love
for aviation that overcame her desire to be a concert pianist.
40 Her interest in flying stemmed from the 1919 England to
Australia flight by Ross and Keith Smith, and later solo
flights. Batten's father did not approve of her aviation
enthusiasm but she convinced her mother to move to
England with her and help her become a pilot. She received
45 her license and her commercial rating at the London
Aeroplane Club at Stag Lane and then began planning for a
flight from England to Australia. Her first two attempts failed,
but she succeeded in 1934, flying a Gipsy Moth. Batten
became an instant sensation in Australia, New Zealand, and
50 in England upon her return flight the next year (it was the
first roundtrip by a woman). In 1935, she broke James
Mollison's records for England to Brazil and Dakar to Natal
while becoming the first woman to solo across the South
Atlantic. Then, in 1936, she realized her dream of flying solo
55 from England to New Zealand in a Percival Gull in 11 days
and earned her second consecutive Harmon Trophy, having
shared the first one in 1935 with Amelia Earhart. In 1937,
she set another record for an Australia to England flight.
Unable to obtain a flying job during World War II, Batten
60 gave up flying and eventually became a recluse, living with
her mother in Majorca, Spain, and appearing in public only
for a few anniversary events. In 1937, she published her
autobiography, My Life.
Adapted from: RAMIREZ. Around the World with Barrier Breaking Women Pilots:https://airandspace.si.edu /stories/editorial/around-world-barrier-breaking-womenpilotshttps://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/around-world-barrierbreaking-women-pilots. Accessed on February 20th 2024
Regarding Jean Batten’s life, she
1. was discouraged by someone.
2. turned out to be a homebody.
3. choose one thing over another.
4. successfully overcame failure.
The correct sequence of events according to the text is
