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Bookmark or Share- Jerrie Mock - WikipediaGeraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014) was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world. She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the Spirit of Columbus and nicknamed "Charlie."
- Remembering Jerrie Mock (1925-2014) - National Air and Space MuseumJerrie Mock embodied Nike’s slogan “Just do it!” The same might be said for those two ferry pilots who helped her make her trip for Pilot Day. Jerrie passed away this week on Tuesday, September 30, 2014. She was a feisty lady with a wry sense of humor to the end.
- Celebrating Jerrie Mock, the First Woman to Fly Around the WorldNow, 27 years later, here was Jerrie Mock, a mother of three with 750 hours of flight time, a newly-minted instrument rating, and a determination to see the world.
- Celebrating Jerrie Mock, the First Solo World Flight by a Woman, and ...Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock touched down in her Cessna 180 at Port Columbus Airport in Ohio, on April 17, 1964, completing the first round-the-world solo flight by a woman. Having departed on March 19, she accomplished her 23,103 mile (37,180 kilometer) journey in 29 days, 11 hours, and 59 minutes.
- Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock | National Women's History MuseumGeraldine "Jerrie" Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world. Born in 1925, Jerrie Mock first flew at five years of age in a Ford TriMotor and became one of the first women aeronautical engineering students at Ohio State University where she was a Phi Mu.
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