Have you ever heard of Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world? She was from Newark, Ohio and she became the first woman pilot to solo over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. When Mock winged her way from Honolulu to Columbus in 1966, she set the record for the longest nonstop flight by a woman.

Two years earlier in 1964 in Columbus, she piloted a single-engine Cessna 180 named the "Spirit of Columbus" and logged 22,860 miles in 29 days. A replica of the plane is at The Works in Newark. 

If you're flying into or out of John Glenn Columbus International Airport, look for the life-sized bronze statue of Mock. Dedicated on April 17, 2014 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of her flight, the statue was created by local artist Renate Burgyan Fackler.