Reminiscences of Jacqueline Cochran : oral history, 1960.

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Reminiscences of Jacqueline Cochran : oral history, 1960.

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Pilot's license, 1932; the Australian race; instrument flying; aviation medicine; ferry flights during World War II; women pilots in the Air Force; use of jet planes; world records; FAI; visits to Russia; Northeast Airlines. Recollections of Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart.

Transcript: 105 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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