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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.
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 ]
On February 18, 1943, Marion was selected by Jacqueline Cochran to enter Air Force training [3] and became a volunteer for the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program where she trained at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, for six months. [4] [2] At one point during the training program she became squadron commander for a junior class. [4]
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 (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 ...
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".
Jackie Cochran may refer to: Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), female pioneer American aviator Jackie Lee Cochran (1934–1998), male American rockabilly musician
Pilot Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran wrote to the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1939 to suggest the idea of using women pilots in non-combat missions. [9] [10] Cochran was introduced by Roosevelt to General Henry H. Arnold, chief of the Army Air Force, and to General Robert Olds, who became the head of the Air Transport Command (ATC). [11]