Jacqueline Cochran Biography

Jacqueline Cochran, Aviator
Occup.Aviator
FromUSA
BornMay 11, 1906
Muscogee, Florida
DiedAugust 7, 1980
Indio, California
Aged74 years
Jacqueline Cochran was a distinguished American pilot. As the very first female she appeared the in 1953 in a specially furnished jet. She was the very first female that started and also landed from a warship, the first woman that flew a jet throughout the Atlantic, the initial pilot who made a blind landing as well as the initial pilot who flew more than 6000 meters with an oxygen mask.

Throughout the Second World Battle, Cochran Head of the Female's Airforce Solution Pilots, a group of female pilots that flew military aircraft from manufacturing facilities in the United States to England. After a stint in politics, she was examination pilot for Northrop Company, the leading aircraft factory, she established eight new documents in their T-38 Talon and also attempted the quick advanced supersonic planes Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.

She received a multitude of honors. When she died, she had several altitude records, rate records and also size documents than any type of various other pilot in the aircraft's background.

Our collection contains 5 quotes who is written / told by Jacqueline.

Related authors: Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

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5 Famous quotes by Jacqueline Cochran

Small: To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death
"To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death"
Small: It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death
"It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death"
Small: I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars
"I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars"
Small: I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is
"I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit"
Small: Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxiou
"Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it"