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Jackie Cochran: Woman
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Jackie Cochran was a remarkable woman in the air and on the ground. She received more than 200 awards during her flying career and set speed, altitude and distance records that remain to this day. She passed away in 1980 at her home near Indio, California.
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Jackie Cochran sold her beauty products company in Nineteen-Sixty-Four. She died of a heart attack in Nineteen-Eighty. At the time of her death, she held more speed, distance and altitude records than any other pilot -- man or woman -- in aviation history. She had risen from a lowly beginning to the heights of business and flight.
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In this lecture, coinciding with the release of her latest book, Jackie Cochran: Pilot in the Fastest Lane, noted aviation biographer Doris Rich will reveal newly documented facts from her extensive research about Cochran. For the first time, Cochran's great talents and achievements will be seen in the context of her turbulent personal life, providing a fresh portrait of this remarkable woman.
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In 1953, Cochran was the first woman to break the sound barrier and received a Gold Medal from the Fèdèration Aèronautique Internationale. She was president of the organization, holding two terms, from 1958 to 1961. In 1962 she established 69 inter-city and straight-line distance records for aircraft manufacturer Lockheed and was the first woman to fly a jet across the Atlantic. The same year Cochran set nine international speed, distance and altitude records in a Northrop T-38 military jet. In 1963, Cochran set the 15-25 km course record in a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, going 1,273.109 mph, and broke the 100 km course record with a speed of 1,203.686 mph. The following year she began resetting her own records in the Lockheed F-104G Starfighter. In the 15-25 km course she set a record of 1,429.297 mph; for the 100 km course her record was 1,302 mph; and for the 500 km course she set a record of 1,135 mph.
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Jacqueline Cochran was known as Jackie. She said she was born in Nineteen-Ten. She did not really know. Her parents died when she was a baby. Another man and woman adopted her. They became her legal parents.
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Jackie started her cosmetics company. Everything about starting a company with production to marketing intrigued her. Jackie studied each level of business with the help of Floyd. All of Jackie's endeavors were well planned. Jackie married Floyd Odlum on May 11, 1936 in Kingman, Arizona after his divorce was final. Jackie maintained the Cochran name after she married which was unusual for a woman at the time.
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