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Vor 2 Tagen · In the previous weeks, Jackie Cochran had flown the experimental Orenda-powered Sabre to world records over the 100 and 500 kilometer closed circuit and set an altitude record of 14,377 meters (47,169 feet).² During these flights, she became the first woman to “break the sound barrier” when the Sabre Mk. 3 exceeded Mach 1.
Vor 4 Tagen · In 1987, Bantam Books released Jacqueline Cochran’s autobiography. The poetic title of Cochran’s earlier published memoir, “The Stars at Noon,” was scrapped in favor of the more straightforward, “Jackie Cochran: The Autobiography of the Greatest Woman Pilot in Aviation History.”. Since Cochran had been dead for seven years, there ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Cochran’s most important contribution to aviation was not the records she broke, but her role in forming and training a flight corps that aided America during World War II.
Vor 2 Tagen · June 3, 2024. Jackie Cochran in the cockpit of the Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk.3, No. 19200, on Rogers Dry Lake, May 1953. (J. R. Eyerman/LIFE Magazine) 3 June 1953: Concluding a series of speed and altitude records, Jackie Cochran set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Speed Over a 15-to-25 Kilometer Straight Course ...
Vor 2 Tagen · In the previous weeks, Jackie Cochran had flown the experimental Orenda-powered Sabre to world records over the 100 and 500 kilometer closed circuit and set an altitude record of 14,377 meters (47,169 feet).² During these flights, she became the first woman to “break the sound barrier” when the Sabre Mk. 3 exceeded Mach 1.
Vor 4 Tagen · Signed book: The Stars at Noon. First edition. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 274 pages. Signed adjacent to the copyright page in blue ballpoint by Jacqueline Cochran. In fine condition.
Vor 2 Tagen · Jacqueline Cochran (1906-1980) was a female pilot who was known for being a "Speed Queen". She had previously claimed the women's world record for airspeed in 1937. Jacqueline Cochran later expressed her desire to be the first woman to break the sound barrier.
