Question: Take Flight is a musical with book by John Weidman, the musical is inspired by the early history of aviation, interweaving the lives of many, including Amelia Mary Earhart, an American aviation pioneer and author, and the first female aviator, to fly solo across which water location?

<P0-S0> Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014) was the first woman to fly solo around the world, which she did in 1964. <P0-S1>  She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the "Spirit of Columbus" and nicknamed "Charlie." <P0-S2>  The trip began March 19, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, and ended April 17, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, and took 29 days, 21 stopovers and almost 22860 mi . <P0-S3>  An almost forgotten part of this flight is the "race" that developed between Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith who had flown from a field near San Francisco CA on March 17, 1964. <P0-S4>  Joan's departure date and flight path was the same as the aviator Amelia Earhart's last flight and though not in direct competition with each other, media coverage soon began tracking the progress of each pilot fascinated with who would complete the journey first. <P0-S5>  The story of this race is told in a book written by Taylor Phillips entitled, "Racing to Greet the Sun, Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith Duel to Become the First Woman to Solo Around the World". <P0-S6>  Jerrie Mock was subsequently awarded the Louis Blériot medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in 1965. <P0-S7>  In 1970 she published the story of her round-the-world flight in the book "Three-Eight Charlie". <P0-S8>  While that book is now out of print, a 50th anniversary edition was later published including maps, weather charts and photos. <P0-S9>  "Three-Eight Charlie" is a reference to the call sign, N1538C, of the Cessna 180 Skywagon Mock used to fly around the world. <P0-S10>  Before her death, Mock, mother of three children, resided in Quincy, Florida; northwest of the state capital, Tallahassee. <SEP> <P1-S0> Take Flight is a musical with book by John Weidman, music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.. <P1-S1>  The musical is inspired by the early history of aviation, interweaving the lives of the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and her publisher George Putnam, along with such sundry luminaries as Otto Lilienthal, the German "Glider King"; Commander Richard Byrd; French flying aces Nungesser and Coli, and various others. <SEP> <P2-S0>  Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. <P2-S1>  She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. <P2-S2>  She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. <P2-S3>  In 1935, Earhart became a visiting faculty member at Purdue University as an advisor to aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to women students. <P2-S4>  She was also a member of the National Woman's Party and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. <P2-S5> Amelia Mary Earhart ( , born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. <SEP> <P3-S0> Last Flight is a book published in 1937 consisting of diary entries and other notes compiled by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart during her failed attempt that year at flying solo across the Pacific Ocean. <P3-S1>  Her husband, publisher George Palmer Putnam, edited the collection which was published posthumously as a tribute to his wife.