It also didn't stop her from flying a plane. In 1946 ... Keller had been on planes in the past — she was a passenger on a plane for the first time in 1919 while taking part in a biographical ...

Jerrie Mock was the first woman to fly around the world alone, wearing tights, heels and pearls, in a plane called Charlie. On 19 March 1964, Jerrie Mock made aviation history when she became the ...