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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 set numerous records and was the first woman to break the sound barrier on 18 May 1953.
May 9, 2024 · Jacqueline Cochran (born May 11, 1906, Muscogee, Florida, U.S.—died August 9, 1980, Indio, California) was an American pilot who held more speed, distance, and altitude records than any other flyer during her career.
Oct 28, 2021 · On May 18, 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound and, at the time of her death in 1980, she held more speed, altitude, and distance records than any other male or female pilot in aviation history.
Brash, beautiful, and driven, aviatrix Jackie Cochran rose from a childhood of poverty to record-breaking heights in aviation.
In the cockpit of Northrop’s new two-seat, twin-engine supersonic trainer, the T-38 Talon, was Jacqueline Cochran. And the 55-year-old pilot was on a mission: reclaim her status as the...
Jacqueline Cochran. Flew in the London, England to Melbourne, Australia race in 1934. In 1935, she became the first woman to fly in the Bendix Trophy Race, which she later won in 1938. Became the first woman to make a blind instrument landing in 1937.
Although she was born into impoverished circumstances in Florida in 1906, Colonel Jacqueline Cochran became one of history’s most accomplished female aviators. She learned to fly in 1932 while working as a cosmetics saleswoman.
Col. Jackie Cochran described her life as a journey from “sawdust to stardust” in her 1954 autobiography, “The Stars at Noon.” Her ambitious and outgoing personality made this a reality — from growing up in poverty, to leading women in the air during wartime, and becoming a record-setting pilot.
A contemporary, competitor, and friend of Amelia Earhart, Jacqueline Cochran was one of the most outstanding women of the 20th century. Jackie stubbornly reinvented herself from a child of dire poverty to a successful businesswoman and one of the greatest pilots ever.
Dec 28, 2021 · On May 18, 1953, aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to pilot an aircraft supersonically. She broke the sound barrier, flying 625.5 miles per hour, in an F-86 Sabre and thus joined the previously male only “supersonic club.”
