The World's Fastest Indian
His childhood heroes were notable fellow New Zealanders, Richard Pearse (pioneer aviator), Bill Hamilton (father of the jet boat), Bruce McLaren (champion driver and founder of the McLaren Formula One Team), and Burt Munro (world record motorcycle speedster and subject of the film "The World's Fastest Indian"). In his own short lifetime, Britten was regularly and favourably compared with all of his heroes.