14 Facts About Jerrie Mock

Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world.

Jerrie Mock was awarded the Louis Bleriot medal from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in 1965.

In 1970 Mock published the story of her round-the-world flight in the book Three-Eight Charlie.

Three-Eight Charlie is a reference to the call sign, N1538C, of the Cessna 180 Skywagon Jerrie Mock used to fly around the world.

Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock was born on November 22,1925, in Newark, Ohio to Timothy and Blanche Fredritz.

Jerrie Mock graduated from Newark High School in 1943 and went on to attend Ohio State University.

Jerrie Mock left her studies at OSU to wed her husband, Russell Mock in 1945.

Jerrie Mock's flight began and ended at Ohio hometown's Port Columbus Airport.

Jerrie Mock travelled eastbound, over Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam, among other countries.

Jerrie Mock was quite a spectacle in Saudi Arabia where women would not be allowed to drive cars until 2017, much less fly a plane.

In June 2007, Jerrie Mock flew to Chantilly, Virginia, to see The Spirit of Columbus for the first time in many years.

Jerrie Mock "was so pleased to see her plane 'airborne' again".

In 2022, Jerrie Mock was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio.

Jerrie Mock died in her home in Quincy, Florida with her daughter at her side on September 30,2014.