# Female solo circumnavigation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-solo-circumnavigation/379081>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 4, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-solo-circumnavigation/379081 "2006-11-04T11:59:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-solo-circumnavigation/379081/1 "2006-11-04T11:59:34Z")

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Anyone recall a woman who made a round the world fight in 1964. I pretty sure the aircraft was a single engine and I think she was solo. She landed on Midway while I was there. I tried several Google searches, but I’m coming up dry.

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-solo-circumnavigation/379081/2 "2006-11-04T12:42:52Z")

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Found it Googling the text: 1964 midway women flight

Joan Merriam-Smith

> **[Round the World Flights](https://www.wingnet.org/rtw/RTW005F.HTM)**

> [@](#):
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> It had been Amelia Earhart’s dream to be the first woman to fly round-the-world  
> at the equator.  
> **Joan Merriam-Smith** got her inspiration from Amelia’s effort. Joan’s eastward  
> round-the-world flight in her Rajay Turbocharged Apache became the longest solo flight  
> ever made by a woman.

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**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-solo-circumnavigation/379081/3 "2006-11-04T16:04:38Z")

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[QUOTE=ParentalAdvisory]  
Found it Googling the text: 1964 midway women flight

Joan Merriam-Smith

> **[Round the World Flights](https://www.wingnet.org/rtw/RTW005F.HTM)**

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Thanks, she’s the one, although that link doesn’t work, I was able to Google her name.