Geraldine Jerrie Fredritz Mock lived from 22 November 1925 to 30 September 2014 and was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world. She flew a single-engine Cessna 180 named the Spirit of Columbus, nicknamed Charlie, on a trip that began on 19 March 1964 in Columbus, Ohio, and ended there on 17 April 1964, taking 29 days, 11 hours and 59 minutes with 21 stopovers. She was also the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific from west to east and the first to fly a single-engine plane across the Pacific in either direction. The lead describes a race with Joan Merriam Smith and notes her 1970 book Three-Eight Charlie.
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She was the first woman to fly solo around the world, and the first to fly solo across the Pacific from west to east.
Jerrie Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world. She flew a single-engine Cessna 180 named the Spirit of Columbus, beginning in Columbus, Ohio on 19 March 1964 and ending there on 17 April 1964. The trip took 29 days, 11 hours and 59 minutes, with 21 stopovers. During the journey she also became the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean from west to east, and the first woman to fly a single-engine plane across the Pacific in either direction.
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November 22, 1925
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September 30, 2014
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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.
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