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30 de mar. de 2019 · Jacqueline Cochran, originally named Bessie Lee Pitman, grew up in extreme poverty. As a child, Jacqueline had to work a variety of jobs in order to combat her financial struggles. This included working on a cotton mill, cleaning, working with midwives and other odds and ends jobs. This also lead her to have little to no formal education as a ...
Bessie Lee Pittman era el nombre real de Jacqueline Cochran. Nació el 11 de mayo de 1906 en Florida en el seno de una humilde familia. La más pequeña de los cinco hijos de Mary e Ira Pittman, tuvo una infancia difícil. Su padre era carpintero por lo que su sueldo no llegaba a mantener a su amplia familia. Así, Bessie empezó a trabajar con ...
Dès 1951, Jacqueline Cochran se lance dans une compétition acharnée contre la Française Jacqueline Auriol pour le record du monde féminin de vitesse. En 1953, désireuse de passer aux avions à réaction, elle devient la première femme à franchir le mur du son aux commandes d'un Canadair Sabre 3, version canadienne du North American F-86 Sabre.
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. Set new women’s records during 1939-40, in altitude, and open class speed.
Jacqueline Cochran (1910-1980) rose from childhood poverty to become an aviation pioneer. She was the first woman to fly in the Bendix Trophy Transcontinental Race in 1935, winning it in 1938, and was the first woman to ferry a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean in support of the war effort in 1941. By 1961, she had become the first woman to ...
Jacqueline Cochran, detta Jackie (Muscogee, 11 maggio 1906 – Indio, 9 agosto 1980), è stata un'aviatrice statunitense.. Pioniera dell'aviazione femminile, prima donna a superare il muro del suono, assieme a Nancy Harkness Love ebbe un ruolo importante nell'apertura alle donne pilota nello United States Army, l'esercito statunitense, con la fondazione delle Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).
Jacqueline Cochran. Aviatrice américaine (Pensacola, Floride, 1907 ?-Indio, Californie, 1980). Elle établit de nombreux records féminins de vitesse, d'altitude et de distance. Elle fut la première femme pilote à franchir le mur du son, le 18 mai 1953. Aviatrice américaine Pensacola Floride 1907 -Indio Californie 1980 Elle établit de ...
