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. 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 ... close to becoming the first woman to successfully fly around the world!�

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. ...�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.�The front looked more severe than the previous forecast had indicated ... So I climbed in Charlie, 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 El Paso heading home.

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, I might well have stayed at all the fields.�Tucson to El Paso was a short flight of 267 miles. ..." #‎JMock is on her way home!

04.17.64: Today in 1964 was a big day for Jerrie Mock, and a big day for women in aviation. Today Jerrie returns to Columbus OH, to be met by a cheering crowd of people and reporters. She thought she was secretly in Tucson, but of course everyone was keeping track of her.

04.16.64: "I thought I'd probably spend the night at Phoenix or Tucson. In fact, I had almost made up my mind on Tucson before I left Oakland. But I wanted to avoid another big crowd that would slow me down and wear me out, so I didn't tell anyone my plans. And so that noone could call me, I turned off all the radios."

#JMock en route to Tucson

04.16.64: "It was good to get Charlie back in the air. I had been on the ground in Oakland 8 minutes short of 24 hrs, and I hadn't planned more than a quick overnight stop.

And it was good to be flying in the United States. Once I cleared the Oakland control zone, I was free to fly whereever I wished. I flew VFR, without a flight plan ...I could fly all the way to Columbus without turning on a radio! I was free to wander around in the sky, to investigate unique rock formations, to dip inside hidden mountain valleys, to follow the meandering courses of canyon-sided streams. It was good to be in America."

#JMock departs Oakland for Tucson