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Jerrie Cobb

1931 - 2019

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Geraldyn M. Cobb (March 5, 1931 – March 18, 2019), commonly known as Jerrie Cobb, was an American pilot and aviator. She was also part of the Mercury 13, a group of women who underwent physiological screening tests at the same time as the original Mercury Seven astronauts, and was the first to complete each of the tests. Cobb set three aviation records in her 20s: the 1959 world record for non-stop long-distance flight, the 1959 world light-plane speed record, and a 1960 world altitude record for lightweight aircraft of 37,010 feet (11,280 m). In 1960, Life Magazine named her as one of nine women of the "100 most important young people in the United States". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerrie Cobb is the 61st most popular pilot (down from 50th in 2019), the 9,038th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,385th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Jerrie Cobb ranks 61 out of 71. Before her are Tatyana Makarova, Wally Funk, Maryse Bastié, Hélène Boucher, Adrienne Bolland, and Viktor Talalikhin. After her are Lotfia Elnadi, Charles Kingsford Smith, Lydia Zvereva, Mikhail Gromov, Péter Besenyei, and Yves Rossy.

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Among people born in 1931, Jerrie Cobb ranks 486. Before her are Walt Davis, Bob Clotworthy, Lonnie Donegan, Hansjörg Felmy, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and John Norman. After her are Della Reese, Zaur Kaloev, Gianuario Carta, Walter Abish, Ferry Graf, and Robert Morse. Among people deceased in 2019, Jerrie Cobb ranks 435. Before her are Gianfranco Leoncini, Martin Lauer, Eduardo Nascimento, Shelley Lubben, Yao Lee, and Carlos Squeo. After her are Frank Robinson, Miklós Ambrus, Patricia Bath, Béla Zsitnik, Heinz Fütterer, and Aleksandar Kostov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerrie Cobb ranks 9,040 out of 20,380. Before her are Kelly Rowland (1981), Richard Tyson (1956), Robert Ripley (1890), John Ashcroft (1942), Dana DeArmond (1979), and Pauline Oliveros (1932). After her are Daniel Chester French (1850), Damien Sandow (1982), Lil Peep (1996), Stanley Turrentine (1934), Ned Luke (1958), and Dell Curry (1964).

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Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Jerrie Cobb ranks 12. Before her are Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Blanche Stuart Scott (1884), Bessie Coleman (1892), and Wally Funk (1939). After her are Cornelia Fort (1919).

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