Aim for the Skies: Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith's Race to Complete Amelia Earhart's Quest - page 5

Joan also dreamed of flying around the world.
Amelia Earhart was her idol, and Joan wanted to
circle the globe following the exact route Amelia
had charted. By age twenty-three, Joan was flying
planes for a living. In November of 1963, she finally
had enough money to buy her own plane.
It’s time
, Joan thought.
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