Publisher: Three-Eight Charlie, by Jerrie Mock, 1st woman to fly solo around the world (in a Cessna 180, '64) I'm passionate about her story! #BullTerriers too!
This account exists to celebrate and promote the story of Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world. She did it in 1964 in a @Cessna 180, flying out of @columbusairport. All #avgeeks please follow & share from Mar 19 - Apr 17. @WomenInAviation@EAA
@ReduxerReviews@Gash0Lear@nicksortor I disagree. I don't think he requires a comma. But even if he did, bitching about this particular wording is more than justified.
@jerrymmoss Matt EXCELLENT share! Watched the entire thing and was definitely chair dancing over here. Slow burn ... I usually recall a song way quicker then I did this one. ๐
This is so powerful.
Atheist Astronaut Reid Wiseman reveals he broke down crying after returning to Earth and seeing a Cross
"I'm not really a religious person, but there was just no other avenue for me to explain anything..."
Jesus is the answer. โ๏ธ
Thanks for joining me. It's my honor to be connected to Jerrie Mock and her story. I met her in person and republished her memoir about the trip, Three-Eight Charlie, and it's my mission to spread awareness about her amazing accomplishment. @PhoenixGraphix
the documents that they would send ... once my flight was listed in the record book, never, ever could another woman try to be the first to fly around the world solo. I felt strange. Excited. Humble. Proud. Bewildered. I hope I didn't bounce on the landing, I don't remember. 3/4
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Charlie and I were on the ground. We had done it!" #JMock
At 9:35 p.m. Jerrie Mocked touched down in Columbus OH, and became the first woman to fly solo around the world. 4/4
04.17.64: "I was switched to tower frequency and told to make a low pass down runway nine (now it's called ten because the magnetic variation in the area has changed) before setting up an approach for runway two-three. 1/
the documents that they would send ... once my flight was listed in the record book, never, ever could another woman try to be the first to fly around the world solo. I felt strange. Excited. Humble. Proud. Bewildered. I hope I didn't bounce on the landing, I don't remember. 3/4
I dutifully reported over the Cincinnati VOR ... but this started people calling me on the radio again.... I turned down the volume once more." #JMock is en route from Bowling Green to Columbus OH, flying into history! 2/2
04.17.64: "I chose Bowling Green for the stop because I had been there several times and I knew that I could find the field and get the fuel quickly. ... Once Charlie and I were in the air, I pointed his nose toward London, Kentucky, and the Louisville and Cincinnati. 1/2
Here Jerrie discusses the last leg of her around the world record setting flight. This interview was conducted in Quincy FL in 2014. https://t.co/CbWLchlFI1
Request your estimate for Columbus and route." ... Gee, I didn't know how far it was to Columbus, or when I'd get there. I told them I was going by way of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and would give them an estimate for Columbus when I got over that VOR." #JMock ... FIRST WOMAN! 2/2
04.17.64: "When I was almost to Memphis, I called the control tower for a clearance through its control zone. Within a second of reading my call letters over the air, Memphis and other Flight Service States within range were calling me. ... "Three-Eight Charlie, Memphis. 1/2
04.17.64: The front looked more severe than the previous forecast had indicated ...So I climbed in, waved good-bye, and taxied on to the runway, one hour and five minutes after landing.
I was unhappy at disappointing all the people of El Paso ... " #JMock departs, heading home.
The program sounded fun, but I had 1500 miles of flying before me. .... all were waiting for me in Columbus. I posed for pictures, and was made an honorary citizen of the city of El Paso. 2/2
04.17.64: "As I taxied up to the Cessna hangar, I saw a huge, excited gathering of people. ... The International President of the Ninety-Nines, Ruth Deerman, lived in El Paso and she was among those at the airport. ...
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04.17.64: "Next morning, I was on the roll at 6:07 MST and couldn't help thinking how much more sleep I could have had in the last month if I'd had stops like this everywhere. Of course, I hadn't left the airport, but for all the things I'd had time to see at some of my stops 1/2