Geraldine "jerrie" mock accomplished the feat that Amelia Earhart set out to achieve in 1937. She flew solo around the world in 1964 after planning the 29-day flight in the basement of her home in Port Columbus, Ohio. The aviator died in September 2014 at her home in Quincy, Florida, at the age of 88. Mock flew the route in a Cessna 180, The Spirit ofColumbus, which had a new 225-horsepower engine and was modified to carry 178 gallons of fuel. Dick Merrill was a geology student at Ohio State University in 1964 when Mock made national news with her solo flight around the world in a single-engine airplane. He was also a pilot (and the son of a pilot) who had read about Mock in Flying and AOPA Pilot magazines. Fifty years later, Merrill has paid tribute to Mock and her beloved Cessna 180 by dupli -eating its paint scheme on the 1953 Cessna 180 he owns.
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机译：杰拉尔丁·“杰里”的模仿完成了阿米莉亚·艾尔哈特（Amelia Earhart）计划在1937年实现的壮举。她计划在俄亥俄州哥伦布港的家地下室进行29天飞行后，于1964年在世界各地进行了单飞。这位飞行员于2014年9月在佛罗里达州昆西的家中去世，享年88岁。莫克乘坐塞斯纳180号“哥伦布之灵”飞过这条航线，该发动机配备了新型225马力的发动机，经过改装后可运载178加仑的燃料。 。迪克·梅里尔（Dick Merrill）于1964年在俄亥俄州立大学（Ohio State University）的地质系学生，当时，莫克（Mock）乘坐单引擎飞机在世界各地进行独奏，从而发表了全国新闻。他还是一名飞行员（也是飞行员的儿子），他曾在《飞行》和《 AOPA飞行员》杂志上读过有关《模拟》的文章。五十年后，美林通过翻版，在他所拥有的1953年的塞斯纳180型飞机上涂漆，向莫克和她深爱的塞斯纳180型飞机致敬。
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