Jackie Cochran

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Title

Jackie Cochran

Subject

Women air pilots -- United States

Description

Black and white photograph of Jackie Cochran wearing flight suit and hat, standing in the open cockpit of a T-38 jet. She flew the Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic twin-jet trainer 44.2 miles per hour to a new world's 15 kilometer speed record for women on August 24, 1961 at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Photo from Northrop International, A Division of Northrop Corporation, Beverly Hills, California, U. S. A.

Source

IWASM Photo Archives

Date

August 24, 1961

Contributor

Photo Courtesy of Northrop International

Rights

Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at collections@iwasm.org.

Type

Photograph

Identifier

Photo No. 604

Coverage

Edwards Air Force Base, California

Original Format

Photograph

Citation

“Jackie Cochran,” International Women's Air & Space Museum, accessed September 18, 2024, https://iwasm.omeka.net/items/show/1514.