Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. JACQUELINE COCHRAN FLIES NORTHROP T-38 TO NEW WOMEN'S WORLD SPEED MARK

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. JACQUELINE COCHRAN FLIES NORTHROP T-38 TO NEW WOMEN'S WORLD SPEED MARK

1961

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Summary: Coverage of Jacqueline Cochran recapturing the 15 kilometer women's speed record in a T-38 at 842.6 miles per hour. Included are scenes of T-38 taking off, in flight, landing gears 1owering, taxiing and aviatrix alighting from aircraft. Good (Basic: Print)

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Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906?-1980

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Jacqueline Cochran, cosmetics executive and world-famous aviatrix, was the product of obscure origins. Born Bessie Pittman, born 1906/1908/1910, in northwest Florida (sources differ on her birth year). The Pittmans were and impoverished family that moved from one town to another in search of work. Even as a child, Bessie possessed an unusual amount of drive and ambition. She resented the limited opportunities available to her in such an environment, especially after she was told the Pittmans wer...