Aim for the Skies: Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith's Race to Complete Amelia Earhart's Quest

Aim for the Skies: Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith's Race to Complete Amelia Earhart's Quest — page 3
Joan Merriam’s first plane ride was in 1952 when she was fifteen years old During the flight the pilots invited her into the cockpit When they landed Joan told her mother she wanted to learn how to fly a plane She started flying lessons and got her pilot’s license before she could even drive a car