¾ Aviation Pioneer ¾ Entrepreneur ¾ Leader ¾ Legend At the time of her death in 1980, Jacqueline Cochran held more speed, altitude, and distance records than any other male or female pilot in aviation history…
Jacqueline Cochran’s record book will never…NEVER…be duplicated. GREATEST WOMEN This presentation chronicles “The Aviation Achievements of Ms. PILOT!! Jackie Cochran.” Jackie Cochran’s accomplishments match those of our Airpower legends ¾ Pilot License (1932) ¾ London to Melbourne (1934) ¾ First Bendix Race (1934) ¾ Accidents? . . . Yes! ¾ Discouraged? . . . No! Bendix Trophy... 1938 Harmon Trophy ¾ 1937 ¾ 1938 ¾ 1939 ¾ 1940-49 ¾ 1953 ¾ 1961 Test Pilot 1938-1942 ¾ P-38 ¾ P-47 ¾ P-51 ¾ B-17 ¾ British Air Transport Auxiliary (1941) ¾ President, “Ninety-Nines” (1941-1943) Director, US Women’s Flying Training… September 1942 Trained 1800 women for flight duty during WWII ¾ Founder/Director Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs)… July 1943 ¾ French Legion of Merit (1949) ¾ French Air Medal (1951) ¾ Decorated by 25 nations ¾ First Woman to break the Sound Barrier… ¾ 18 May 1953 ¾ First Woman to Land and then Take Off from an Aircraft Carrier ¾ A3D Skywarrior on USS Independence… 1960 ¾ President-Federation Aeronautique‘ Internationale (1958-61) ¾ Chairman-National Aeronautic Association (1962) ¾ First Woman to fly twice the speed of sound…3 June 1964 1429 nautical miles per hour!!
¾ World Altitude Record… 1961 55,253 feet!! ¾ Air Force Academy… 1975 National Aviation Hall of Fame (1971) Smithsonian (1981) Motorsports Hall of Fame (1993) Colonel in USAF Reserve Distinguished Service Medal (1945) Distinguished Flying Cross w/2 Oak Leaf Clusters (May 1969) Legion of Merit (1970) Additional Achievements Cosmetics Business (1932) Politics (1946) Frank M. Hawks Memorial Award…American Legion (1954) Outstanding Civilian… AFA (1957) Honorary Doctorate of Science, Notre Dame College, Manchester NH, (1970) Honorary Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (1971) Positions of Distinction Director, Air Force Academy Foundation Trustee, Air Force Museum Foundation Vice President, Air Force Historical Foundation Permanent Trustee, International Women’s Air & Space Museum Close Personal Friends Amelia Earhart Jimmy Doolittle Howard Hughes Eleanor Roosevelt Winston Churchill Hap Arnold Dwight Eisenhower Chuck Yeager Lyndon Johnson Advocacies Women in Business Women in Aviation Aerospace Medicine Women in War Independent Air Force Air Force Association US Space & Missile Program Women Astronauts Women at USAF Academy ¾ US Postal Service Stamp (1996) Palm Springs CA (formerly Thermal) Jacqueline Cochran Aerospace Education Foundation
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BRING JACKIE BACK!! 11 May 1906-9 August 1980 that Airpower is the: is that Airpower Way of War American American Way of Peace American Way of Strength & Honor People is Airpower It was the life-long service, sacrifice & valor of Jackie added women to Cochran that airpower! Jackie Cochran understood Jackie Cochran ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾