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Jerrie Cobb

1931 - 2019

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Geraldyn M. Cobb (March 5, 1931 – March 18, 2019), commonly known as Jerrie Cobb, was an American pilot and aviator. She was also part of the Mercury 13, a group of women who underwent physiological screening tests at the same time as the original Mercury Seven astronauts, and was the first to complete each of the tests. Cobb set three aviation records in her 20s: the 1959 world record for non-stop long-distance flight, the 1959 world light-plane speed record, and a 1960 world altitude record for lightweight aircraft of 37,010 feet (11,280 m). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerrie Cobb has received more than 1,159,230 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerrie Cobb is the 54th most popular pilot, the 7,628th most popular biography from United States and the 11th most popular American Pilot.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Jerrie Cobb ranks 54 out of 48. Before her are Lotfia Elnadi, Jacqueline Cochran, Stasys Girėnas, Maryse Bastié, Wally Funk, and Hélène Boucher. After her are Viktor Talalikhin, Charles Kingsford Smith, Cornelia Fort, Yves Rossy, Gregorio Fuentes, and Péter Besenyei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Jerrie Cobb ranks 398. Before her are Juan Pereda, Yves Dreyfus, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Virginia McKenna, Anton Moravčík, and Agustín García-Gasco Vicente. After her are Giovanni Zucchi, Índio, Sergei Adian, Pál Várhidi, Raúl Belén, and Della Reese. Among people deceased in 2019, Jerrie Cobb ranks 359. Before her are Ivan Vutsov, Egisto Pandolfini, Gunder Bengtsson, Tim Conway, Patricia Bath, and Richard Lugar. After her are Manfred Stolpe, Kjell Bäckman, Enriqueta Basilio, Raymond Bellot, Inger Berggren, and Klara Guseva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerrie Cobb ranks 7,628 out of 18,182. Before her are Samantha Fox (1950), Michael J. Adams (1930), Katherine Neville (1945), A Martinez (1948), Jaye Davidson (1968), and Sumner Paine (1868). After her are Julieta Venegas (1970), Stanley Turrentine (1934), Oliver Campbell (1871), Henry Flagler (1830), Nella Larsen (1891), and David Todd Wilkinson (1935).

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Among PILOTS In United States

Among pilots born in United States, Jerrie Cobb ranks 11. Before her are Chuck Yeager (1923), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Bessie Coleman (1892), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), and Wally Funk (1939). After her are Cornelia Fort (1919).

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