J.M. Northup: Did You Know - JERRIE MOCK

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Did You Know - JERRIE MOCK

First Woman To Fly Solo Around The World - 1964

#DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com and www.nornstriad.com

Geraldine 'Jerrie' Mock was from Ohio. She not only became the first woman to fly solo around the world (for which she was presented the FAA's Exceptional Service Decoration by President Lyndon B. Johnson), but she's also one of the first female aeronautical engineering students at Ohio State University. In addition to these 'firsts' (and many others), this remarkable woman boasts the following, as well:

During her historic solo flight, she was the first PERSON to fly the Pacific Ocean in a single-engine aircraft
First PERSON to set a speed record in a fixed-wing, class C1-c (1964)
Jerrie was the first woman as well as the first U.S. citizen to be awarded the Louis Bleriot Medal in 1965

Jerrie Mock is one of the pioneers of aviation, along with Amelia Earhart and Bessie Coleman.

Jerrie Mock Photo courtesy Jerrie Mock collection.
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JERRIE'S BOOK AND MORE ABOUT HER:

Three-Eight Charlie: 1st Woman to Fly Solo Around the World by [Jerrie Mock] The Jerrie Mock Story: The First Woman to Fly Solo around the World (Biographies for Young Readers) by [Nancy Roe Pimm] Aim for the Skies: Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith's Race to Complete Amelia Earhart's Quest by [Aimee Bissonette, Doris Ettlinger]
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