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Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014) was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world. [2] She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the Spirit of Columbus and nicknamed "Charlie."
Mock was the first to finish. The story of this race is told in a book written by Taylor Phillips entitled, Racing to Greet the Sun, Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith Duel to Become the First Woman to Solo Around the World (2015). Jerrie Mock was subsequently awarded the Louis Blériot medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in
Jerrie Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world, which she did in a Cessna 180. [146] [147] The trip ended April 17, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, [148] and took 29 days, 21 stopovers and almost 22,860 miles. [149] Carol Doda was the first woman in America to perform as a topless entertainer.
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Jerrie Mock's Cessna 180. The Cessna 180 gained recognition as the aircraft chosen by Geraldine Mock, the first woman pilot to successfully fly around the world. The flight was made in 1964 in her 1953 model, the Spirit of Columbus (N1538C), as chronicled in her book Three-Eight Charlie. [4]
Max Arthur Conrad, Jr. (January 21, 1903 – April 3, 1979, in Summit, New Jersey) [1] known as the "Flying Grandfather", [2] was a record-setting aviator. In the 1950s and 1960s, he set nine official light plane world records, three of which still stand as of 2013. [3]
Jerrie Cobb (1931–2019), first woman to fly in the Paris Air Show and to be tested as an astronaut [18] [19] Jacqueline Cochran (1908–1980), first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound [20] Bessie Coleman (1892–1926), first African-American woman pilot, earned her license in France 1921 [21]
Freida Lee Mock, American film director and producer; Garrett Mock (born 1983), American baseball player; George Mock (1907–2001), American labor leader; Hans Mock (1906–1982), Austrian footballer; Janet Mock (born 1983), American author; Jerrie Mock (1925–2014), American aviator; John Mock, American musician; Karen Mock, Canadian activist