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	Encyclopedia: Jackie Cochran
		Jacqueline Cochran (born Bessie Lee Pittman on May 11, 1906, died August 7, 1980), was a pioneer American aviatrix.
		Jackie Cochran was born on July 7, 1933, and died on January 9, 1999.
		Jackie Cochran went to the Army Air Force.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jackie-Cochran (229 words)

	Jackie Cochran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cochran was hooked on flying and her taste for record setting was strong.
		Cochran was soon recruiting women pilots to ferry planes for the British Ferry Command, and became the first female trans-Atlantic bomber pilot.
		Access to jet aircraft was mainly restricted to military personnel, but Cochran, with the assistance of her friend Gen. Chuck Yeager, became the first woman to break the sound barrier in an F-86 Sabre Jet, and went on to set a world speed record of 1,429 mph in 1964.
	www.edwards.af.mil /articles98/docs_html/splash/feb98/cover/cochran.html (624 words)

	Jacqueline Cochran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Because "Jackie" Cochran was orphaned at an early age, the exact date of her birth is unknown*.
		Jackie Cochran was not an orphan nor was she adopted.
		Jackie was close to her sister Mamie Pittman, and even had Mamie move with her husband Jesse Hydle to her home in Indio, California.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/cochran1.htm (1573 words)

	The Story of Jacqueline Cochran
		Jackie Cochran was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for services to her country during World War II.
		Access to jet aircraft was mainly restricted to military personnel; but, Cochran, with the assistance of her friend (then) Captain Chuck Yeager, became the first woman to break the sound barrier in an F-86 Sabre Jet in 1953, and went on to set a world speed record of 1,429 mph in 1964.
		In 1934, she founded Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics, a highly successful company and was designated Woman of the Year in Business by an Associated Press Poll of newspaper editors in 1963.
	www.womenscalendar.org /JackieCochran.htm (611 words)

	Biography of Jacqueline Cochran, first woman pilot
		Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran was born in 1910 in Pensacola, Florida.
		Jackie's life changed when she discovered, at the age of six, that the family she had lived with were her foster parents.
		Cochran and the famous aviator, Amelia Earhart were denied their initial application to enter the race on the grounds that the race was for men only.
	wawa.essortment.com /biographyjaquel_rgtp.htm (922 words)

	Jackie Lee Cochran - Jack the cat CD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jackie Lee Cochran was born in Dalton, Georgia, and was raised in Louisiana and Texas, where he was inspired by many of the same country musicians he heard on the radio.
		Jackie Lee Cochran was lured to California and Los Angeles in the mid-1950's, where he became a featured act on Cliffie Stone's 'Hometown Jamboree', working with some of Cliffie's and Spade Cooley's great musicians.
		Jackie Lee Cochran's 'Ruby Pearl' disc featured blind pianist Jimmie Pruett, Cliffie on bass, and although 'The Cat' needed no training on electric guitar solos, he was overjoyed and proud to have 'the master', Merle Travis, playing lead.
	www.nervous.co.uk /reviews/bck27102.htm (267 words)

	Amelia Earhart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jacqueline Cochran was born to a childhood of poverty in the South, but with courage, intelligence and determination she established a highly successful cosmetics business and became one of the most prolific record setters in aviation history.
		In 1937, Jacqueline Cochran received the General Billy Mitchell award for her contribution to the progress of aviation in the United states.
		Jackie was the first woman to win the famous Bendix transcontinental air race from Los Angeles to Cleveland.
	www.womeninaviation.com /jackie2.html (362 words)

	Edwards Air Force Base - Cochran tribute draws hundreds to commemoration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cochran established more speed, altitude and distance records than any other pilot, male or female, in aviation history, according to the inscription on the plaque displayed beneath the F-104A, similar to the F-104G model that Cochran flew.
		Cochran was a "Ninety Nine" member and president from 1941 to 1943, and organized the WASP in 1943.
		Yeager said that Cochran was one of those women in aviation history who kicked down the doors of a male dominated field and even made other pilots look bad by her talent and contributions.
	www.edwards.af.mil /archive/2003/2003-archive-cochran_day.html (896 words)

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		Jackie Cochran had been thinking of learning to fly for months, the seed was sown by Floyd, who told her that “If you’re going to cover the territory you need to cover to make money in this kind of economic climate, you’ll need wings.
		When Jackie told him how quickly she needed to learn, Husky laughed and said it would be tough, so kind of like throwing down the gauntlet in a challenge, Jackie threw down the $495 on the table and said “I don’t think so”.
		Jackie Cochran should be remembered for breaking down walls and barriers, she went after records not to be the fastest WOMAN but to be the fastest.
	members.lycos.co.uk /derekhorne/cochran.html (2433 words)

	Dryden Flight Research Center - X-Press: June 2003
		Cochran is shown at the controls of an F-86 Sabre jet, the plane in which she first flew at supersonic speeds.
		Cochran was a leading force in creation of the WASP group, whose members flew noncombat support missions for the U.S. during World War II, and was past president of the Ninety-Nines.
		Yeager's reminiscences of Cochran were interrupted briefly with the commemorative flyby of an F-86 Sabre jet, the Korean-era fighter in which Cochran became the first female pilot to break the sound barrier on May 18, 1953.
	www.dfrc.nasa.gov /Newsroom/X-Press/stories/062703/ppl_cochran.html (1444 words)

	Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran
		Cochran's early childhood is a bit of a mystery.
		Cochran had told Odlum of her dream of starting a cosmetics line and he suggested that she was going to "need wings" to cover the territory necessary to sustain a cosmetics business.
		Cochran also set a national air speed record from New York to Miami in 4 hours, 12 minutes, 27 seconds, and she achieved a new women's national speed record at 203.895 miles per hour (328 kilometers per hour).
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/cochran/EX25.htm (1555 words)

	The American Experience \| Fly Girls \| People & Events \| Jackie Cochran
		Cochran's earliest memories are of life with a foster family on what she called "Sawdust Road," but what was, in fact, a lumber mill town in northern Florida.
		Even though Cochran completed three years of training to be a nurse, she never quite adjusted to the profession.
		Cochran was soon thrilled at the success of her experiment.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX01.html (1257 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Ask Us - Jackie Cochran & the Sound Barrier
		Better known as Jackie, Cochran was born in 1906 and became one of the pioneering women of aeronautics.
		Jackie originally worked in the cosmetics industry and was encouraged to pursue a pilot's license by her husband in order to travel more efficiently.
		Cochran was also employed by the Sperry Corporation between 1935 and 1942 to conduct test flights of gyro instruments that would soon become vital in navigation equipment.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /question/history/q0217b.shtml (712 words)

	Jackie Cochran - The WWWomen Quilt Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jackie Cochran is another woman of honor that comes to mind.
		Jackie had been over to England and saw the women were ferry aircraft which freed the men to fight against the Germans in the RAF.
		Jackie had two "big name" allies in Washington which she approached with the idea of allowing women to ferry planes thus freeing the men to go do the fighting (which needless to say didn't sit well with many of them).
	www.wwwomen.com /users/hub/quilt/jackie.html (315 words)

	Jackie Cochran
		At a dinner in 1932, the dashing millionaire financier Floyd Bostwick Odlum advised Cochran that if she were ever to realize her dream of setting up her own cosmetics firm, she'd need wings to cover enough territory to beat her competition.
		Cochran took the advice to heart, and that summer she learned to fly.
		Jacqueline Cochran's life is properly celebrated at the website of the wartime WASPs she founded wasp-wwii.org/wasp/jacqueline_cochran.htm.
	www.pjcomputing.flyer.co.uk /comet/jackie.html (2169 words)

	Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran Odlum (c.1908*-1970), Pioneer Aviatrix
		When Cochran was asked what fueled her ambitions she would reply: "I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and the stars."...more
		Jackie Cochran had been thinking of learning to fly for months, the seed was sown by Floyd, who told her that...
		When Jackie told him how quickly she needed to learn, Husky laughed and said it would be tough, so kind of like throwing down the gauntlet in a challenge, Jackie threw down the $495 on the table and said "I don't think so" And sure enough, three weeks later Jackie Cochran had her wings.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/cochran.html (6794 words)

	From cosmetics to test jets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cochran, learning to fly was not a drawn-out process -- she flew alone in just two days.
		Cochran, they were serious times for the United States and the rest of the world as World War II came into full fight.
		Cochran, and those like her, are stories of personal courage and perseverance, they are also of historical significance and examples of women’s contributions to some of the world’s greatest achievements.
	www.af.mil /news/story_print.asp?storyID=123007139 (737 words)

	The Treasure of Alexandria Chapter 4 -- An Elmo of the Apes Adventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jackie hung back, hoping Pat and her family would also be leaving for the railway station.
		Jackie again had haggled with the driver in his broken English over the fare and had arrived at something he felt was equitable.
		Jackie, still grinning, pressed several pound notes into the hand of the screaming peddler and raced away down the street, not waiting to see if his antagonists had survived the crash or not.
	home.earthlink.net /~dale_robinson/Alexandria/elmo4.htm (775 words)

	cochran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jackie was orphaned at birth and before her flying career began she worked her way to the top of the cosmetics business eventually owning her own, Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics, Inc. When World War II began she was definitely not a new comer to the skies.
		She was the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean, but even with all the awards and recognition she had earned in the aviation world, she still had to hand the controls over to her male copilot during landings and takeoffs.
		Cochran’s hope was that her flying unit in Britain would show people at home, especially the Army Air Force, that women were worthy of the opportunity to serve even in the most critical situations.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/st/~jls4/cochran.html (514 words)

	Jackie Cochran Stamp
		Test pilot Chuck Yeager took a personal interest in Cochran, and under his guidance she flew an F-86 Sabre jet in California, at an average speed of 652.337 miles per hour -- becoming the first woman to break the sound barrier.
		At the time of her death in 1980, Cochran held more speed, altitude, and distance records than any pilot, male or female, in the world.
		Although she only spent her early years in Georgia, Jackie Cochran has been recognized for her pioneering role by induction into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/cochranstamp.htm (397 words)

	Women in Aviation and Space History: Jacqueline Cochran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cochran then established her own cosmetics company and learned to fly at the suggestion of her future husband, millionaire Floyd Odlum.
		In 1942, Cochran, at the request of Army General Henry "Hap" Arnold, organized the Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) to train civilian women pilots in anticipation of a shortage of military pilots during the war.
		Cochran flew the Beech Staggerwing and Lockheed F-104, examples of which are displayed, respectively, in the Golden Age of Flight and outside the Planetarium.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/women_aviators/jackie_cochran.htm (378 words)

	Jacqueline Cochran and the WASPS
		Cochran’s racing activities in the 1930s brought her a wide acquaintance among the famous pilots of the day.
		Cochran was also active in various aeronautical organizations, particularly the National Aeronautical Association (NAA), and the Ninety-Nines, a group of professional women pilots.
		Cochran’s earlier proposals were resurrected and she was invited back to the U.S. to head a program for training women pilots.
	www.eisenhower.utexas.edu /dl/Jacqueline_Cochran/JackieCochran.html (1011 words)

	PWP - Visiting Authors
		Jackie Cochran was raised in poverty as a foster child in Florida.
		Cochran's training program, first at an airport in Houston and then on the Texas prairie at Sweetwater, looked a lot like Army flight training, but it was still a civilian program.
		Cochran continued to press for military status for the WASP and Arnold supported her before Congress, but trouble was on the horizon.
	www.parentswithoutpartners.org /vaLibbey.htm (1635 words)

	Dassault Falcon Aircraft / What's New / Falconer Online
		Auriol was born into a stable, loving French home, while Cochran is believed to have been orphaned at a young age and in fact, never knew her true birth date.
		While Cochran's individual accomplishments as a pilot are virtually unmatched, her most significant contributions to aviation history were made on behalf of her country, the Allied forces, and her fellow American female pilots during WWII.
		Eventually, Cochran's lobbying efforts, the impressive performance records of her ATA pilots, and the severe death toll among male combat pilots in the war convinced General Arnold that Cochran's plan to start a female group of military pilots, the Women Auxiliary Service Pilots (WASP), was a sound one.
	www.falconjet.com /whatsnew/falconer_article.jsp?DOCNUM=27477&IDOCNUM=27475 (1863 words)

	Indian Palms > Take a Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jackie Cochran, Aviatrix and her husband Floyd Odlum, Founder of Atlas Corp. and CEO of RKO Studios, discovered O-C Ranch (currently known as Indian Plams Country Club), quite by accident.
		Jackie and Amelia Earhart were the closest friends.
		The Hope's were frequent dinner and golf guests of Jackie Cochran and Floyd Odlum.
	www.indianpalms.com /history (625 words)

	TIMELINE
		Cochran speaks to a meeting of the 99’s, and suggests there should be a professional Woman’s Air Corps.
		Cochran wants separate unit for women, to be headed by a woman, and would take directions directly from Gen. Arnold, same as Col Olds.
		Cochran was involved in recruiting American women pilots (at Gen Arnolds’ suggestion) with sufficient hours for service with the British.
	wasp-wwii.org /wasp/resources/timeline.htm (2857 words)

	International Women's Air & Space Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cochran began to fly at the urging of her future husband, millionaire Floyd Odlum, in order to travel more efficiently while she promoted her cosmetics company.
		In 1935 Cochran was the first woman to compete in the Bendix Race from California to Cleveland, part of the National Air Races.
		Cochran was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for services to her country during World War II.
	www.iwasm.org /news/new.php (402 words)

	Women Fly Military Aviators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		But Jackie was a survivor and took an opportunity to apprentice with a beautician to escape the South.
		Jackie's numerous awards include 15 Harmon Trophies for most outstanding woman flyer in the world, the William Mitchell Memorial Award in 1938 for greatest contribution to aviation, 4 trophies from the Women s National Aeronautical Association, the Air Force Association Award, the United States Distinguished Service Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
		Jackie kept esteemed company and considered among her friends Amelia Earhart, General Hap Arnold, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Chuck Yeager.
	www.easycart.net /WomenFlyInc./Military_Aviators.html (1562 words)

	Jacqueline Cochran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Emerging from a life of orphaned poverty, "Jackie" Cochran could barely read when she learned to fly in 1932, and arranged to take the written exams orally.
		In World War II she became the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic and eventually organized the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) to train female pilots to ferry military aircraft around the world.
		In her lifetime Cochran earned the USAF Distinguished Flying Cross, the French Legion of Honor, and air medals from Belgium, Turkey, and Spain.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/history/jackiecochran.htm (182 words)

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