#jackie cochran

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Aviation Legend Jackie Cochran. Colonel Cochran established three world records in a F-104G in May and June 1964

➤➤ VIDEO: https://youtu.be/TwrlljrHci0

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Seversky AP-7A. (Racing version of the P-35). In this aircraft, Jackie Cochran set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale World Speed Record flying a 1,000 kilometer course (Burbank-San Mateo-Burbank) at an average speed of 306 mph. 15 September 1939.

The top photo shows Alexander P. de Seversky and Jackie Cochran. In 1937

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1949 Jackie Cochran flew her P-51C Mustang to an FAI world record breaking speed of 437.06 miles per hour and a U.S. National record of 436.995 miles per hour

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Great new biography from Grand Central Publishing and spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel, Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight.

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Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs)

WWII greatly expanded women’s roles in the military, leading to the creation of new programs, such as the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Trained at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, these women did domestic flying jobs to free up men to serve overseas. They ferried aircraft from factories to bases, often being the first to fly the plane--and notice any defects. They also dragged targets for live ammo shooting practice. Despite their often hazardous service, WASPs were not designated as military veterans until 1977, and were only recently allowed to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Pictures Top -- WASPs Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress. [source]

Bottom -- President Obama signs a bill awarding the WASPs the Congressional Gold Medal surrounded by WASPs Elaine Danforth Harmon, Lorraine Z. Rodgers and Bernice Falk Haydu; active duty USAF Colonel Dawn Dunlop, Colonel Bobbi Doorenbos, Lieutenant Colonel Wendy Wasik, Major Kara Sandifur and Major Nicole Malachowski; and Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen . [source]

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Aviatrix-Jacqueline Cochran with a Lockheed F-104-G Super Starfighter. In 1953, flying a RCAF Sabre 3, she was the first woman to break the sound barrier, averaging speeds of 652 mph over Rogers Dry Lake.

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