To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death. - Jacqueline Cochran
" "To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death.
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About Jacqueline Cochran
(May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She set numerous records and was the first woman to break the on 18 May 1953. Cochran (along with Nancy Love) was the wartime head of the (WASP) (1943–1944), which employed about 1000 civilian American women in a non-combat role to ferry planes from factories to port cities. Cochran was later a sponsor of the women astronaut program.
Also Known As
Birth Name:
Bessie Lee Pittman
Also Known As:
Jackie
Alternative Names:
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran
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Jacqueline Cochran Odlum
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One day, I got a call to come into General Arnold's office. He said, "What do you know about the B-26?" I said, "I don’t know a thing except the scuttlebutt that it’s a so-called hot airplane." The men were saying that they were willing to be killed in war, but they wouldn't fly the B-26. ... I flew the plane and didn't see any thing so difficult about it. I came back and said to General Arnold, "I can cure your men of walking off the program. Let's put on the girls."
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