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Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation.
The Women's Flying Training Detachment was a group of women pilots during World War II.Their main job was to take over male pilot's jobs, such as ferrying planes from factories to United States Army Air Force installations, in order to free male pilots to fight overseas.
Jacqueline Cochran largely undermined their testimony, talking about her concerns that setting up a special program to train a woman astronaut could hurt the space program. She proposed a project with a large group of women, and expected a significant amount to drop out due to reasons like "marriage, childbirth, and other causes". [ 7 ]
Jacqueline Cochran: First woman to break the sound barrier. [21] 1957 Jackie Moggridge: First woman to become a British airline captain. [22] June 16, 1963 Valentina Tereshkova: First woman in space. [23] 1963 Betty Miller: First female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. [24] 1964 Jerrie Mock: First woman to fly solo around the world ...
That same year, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly a jet across the Atlantic Ocean. [8] She was also the first woman to break the sound barrier. Throughout the decade, she and Jacqueline Auriol [177] of France traded women's speed and distance records what would be known as the "battle of the Jackies".
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Jacqueline Cochran (pictured in 1943) coordinated the advertisement with the Walt Disney Company. On September 30, 1952, Jacqueline Cochran , [ 24 ] a pilot, cosmetic business executive, and one of Eisenhower's campaign aides, [ 25 ] wrote to Roy O. Disney , co-founder of The Walt Disney Company , about a proposed advertisement which she had ...
The pioneering aviator Jacqueline Cochran recruited her into the Womens Air Service Pilots (WASP) in 1943. [4] Between 1943 and 1945, she ferried aircraft around the country and towed targets for gunners, flying C-60s , B-24s , and B-17s .