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