Jerry Mock

[murphey]

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First woman to fly around the world.

correction.....the first woman to circumvent the planet commonly known as Earth while operating an aircraft as PIC as well as being the sole occupant in the aircraft.

 

[Jim Logajan]

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First woman to fly around the world.

Solo.

 

[Jim Logajan]

Yes, the first woman to fly around the world did it solo.

Grace Hay Drummond-Hay was technically the first woman to fly around the world. She wasn't solo and she wasn't piloting.

 

[Jim Logajan]

So she was the first woman to ride around the world in an airplane...not fly...as we all, with the possible exception of one, understand the definition of that word to be in context.

"Riding" doesn't designate the means - car, boat, rail, etc.
Riding could also be used to describe what is happening when an autopilot is engaged - such as during Wiley Post's first solo aerial circumnavigation of the world.

Lastly, no airplane was used when the first woman was flown around the world.

Edit: I believe in this case that being precise enhances, rather than detracts, from Mock's accomplishment.