See the displays of memorabilia from the Amelia Earhart and Jerrie Cobb Collections currently at the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, OK. Jerri Cobb - Oklahoman, Aviator and Humanitarian Born in Norman, Oklahoma, Jerri Cobb began flying at age 12, and bu age sixteen she was barnstorming around the Great Plains. She earned her private pilot’s license at 17. In addition to the many awards and accolades she receives as an aviator, Cobb has an important link to the history of NASA and the early days of astronaut training. In the early 1960s, she along with 24 other women underwent physical tests similar to those taken by the Mercury astronauts. Cobb passed all the training exercises, ranking in the top 2 percent of all astronaut candidates. Unfortunately, the women were cut from the program in 1962. With a love of flying, Cobb left NASA for the jungles of the Amazon, where she spent four decades as a solo pilot delivering food, medicine, and other aid to the indigenous people of South America. For her humanitarian efforts she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.