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Jerrie Mock set off two days later on her own solo flight, using a different route that took less time. Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world.
Merriam Smith, a commercial pilot, was killed while on a test flight of a modified plane the following year. A recent biography of Merriam Smith, Fate on a Folded Wing, was written by Tiffany Ann Brown whose pilot grandmother Trixie died on the same test flight.