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The Wild Blue Yonder I love this classic picture of Grandma (Jerrie Mock) with her TriPacer plane before she made the flight around the world in 1964.

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“She 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." The trip began March 19, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, and ended April 17, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio. It took 29 days, 11 hours and 59 minutes, with 21 stopovers and almost 22,860 miles (36,790 km). The flight was part of a "race" that developed between Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith who had flown from a field near San Francisco, CA on March 17, 1964; Smith's departure date and flight path was the same as the aviator Amelia Earhart's last flight. Although they were not in direct competition with each other, media coverage soon began tracking the progress of each pilot, fascinated with who would complete the journey first. Mock was the first to finish. She was subsequently awarded the Louis Blériot medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in 1965.”

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Most people have never heard the name Jerrie Mock, but the Ohio housewife was a world record setter and my grandmother.

But the preparations were the least of Jerrie's worries. When she took off from Ohio, she had 21 stops and nearly 37,000km (22,860 miles) ahead of her. Her first leg was through the Bermuda Triangle. As she left radio range, she heard the operator say: "Well, I guess that's the last we'll see of her."

"I wasn't entirely sure he was wrong!" My grandmother often chuckled as she recounted the tale.

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18 months have passed since the world premiere of “The Flying Housewife, a True Story.” Since that time, there have been ups and downs with the next version of this show. We held auditions for a fourth cast member, and cast an amazingly talented guy in the “everyman” role. I re-wrote the script for four cast members (cutting down from the intended 22 cast members), edited and revised a few times,…

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MFMM people... this is probably of interest...

https://www.facebook.com/FlyingHousewifeplay/?fref=ts

This is a new play about Jerrie Mock... the first woman to fly solo around the world. I know our love of rusty planes and aviation so thought this was applicable. I think it just finished it’s run in Chicago, but they are working on a tour.

(there’s also a book...I haven’t been able to pick it up yet... Three Eight Charlie...autobiography. Kindle edition and also paperback on amazon)

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How An Ohio Housewife Flew Around The World, Made History, And Was Then Forgotten

Jerrie Mock was a 38-year-old housewife from Columbus, Ohio, when, 50 years ago this week, she accomplished what Amelia Earhart is famous for having failed to do. But in the decades since, as Mock’s life began to unravel, history all but forgot the pilot who made it.

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Just before…

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It was about time.

RIP, Jerrie.

Previously on FYO:

Jerrie Mock in the Ohio Badass Hall of Fame

We're not saying forget Amelia Earhart...

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