Jerrie Cobb, Solo Pilot Signed by Jerrie Cobb First Edition 1997

First Edition (1997.)  Paperback, 8vo with 224 pages.  Signed on the title page, "Vaya con Dios Jerrie Cobb."  The book is in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Very slight creasing to front cover and a couple of pages. Interior is clean and tight.  "Cobb set three aviation records in her 20s: the 1959 world record for nonstop long-distance flight, the 1959 world light-plane speed record, and a 1960 world altitude record for lightweight aircraft.. When Cobb became the first woman to fly in the Paris Air show the world's largest air exposition, her fellow Airmen named her Pilot of the Year and awarded her the Amelia Earhart Gold Medal of Achievement...Cobb  did over 30 years of missionary work in South America, performing humanitarian flying, i.e. transporting supplies to indigenous tribes...She was honored by the Brazilian, Colombian, Ecuadorian, French, and Peruvian Governments. In 1981 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. Life Magazine named her one of the nine women of the "100 most important young people in the United States.  Although she never flew in space, Cobb, along with twenty-four other women, underwent physical tests similar to those taken by the Mercury astronauts with the belief that she might become an astronaut trainee.... Great lady, great story to tell. "  #032923

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