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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."
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1964: Columbus native Jerrie Mock started and ended her historic 29.5-day solo round-the-world flight from Port Columbus, becoming the first woman to do so. 1989: In July, the city renamed 17th ...
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 (1925–2014) Franklin: 1979: First woman to fly solo around the world. [34] [35] Emma Phaler (1882–1982) Franklin: 1979: Bowler and contributor to the Women"s International Bowling Congress [36] Rachel Redinger (1920–2001) Tuscarawas: 1979: Founder of the Ohio Outdoor Historical Drama Association and vice chair of the Ohio Arts ...
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Jerrie Mock: First woman to fly solo around the world. [25] 1964 Joan Merriam Smith: Joan was the first person in history to fly solo around the world at the equator ...
Jerrie Mock, aviator, first woman to successfully fly solo around the world (B.S.) Dillon S. Myer, director of War Relocation Authority during World War II and commissioner of Bureau of Indian Affairs (1914) Keo Nakama, athlete; first person to verifiably swim an open water Hawaiian channel; OSU swimming record holder, 1943, 1944