Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran in T-38
Women air pilots -- United States
Aviatrix Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran standing in the cockpit of a T-38 plane.
Photo Courtesy of Northrop International
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1953
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 604
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran
Women air pilots -- United States
Famous Aviator
Aviatrix Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran and Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic twin-jet trainer she flew 844.2 miles per hour to a new world's 15 kilometer speed record for women August 24, 1961 at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Photo from Northrop International, A Division of Northrop Corporation, Beverly Hills, California, U. S. A.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
August 24, 1961
Heidi Fearing
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at info@iwasm.org
Original Photo No. 604
Edwards Air Force Base, California