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Cochran, Jacqueline and, Brinley, Maryann Bucknum Jackie Cochran an Autobiography
Toronto, Bantam Books 1987 055305211X / 9780553052114 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
[10], 358 pages, 12 plates, cloth, DJ, very good. 1st edition. From the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Jacqueline Cochran (1980? -1980) , U. S. Aviator. Orphaned early and reared in poverty, she had learned to fly by 1932, partly to promote the products of the cosmetics company she had founded. In 1938 she set a speed record for women flying across North America. In World War II she trained women transport pilots in the British and later the U. S. Air Force auxiliaries. In 1953 she broke the world speed record (for both men and women) in a jet, and in 1961 she became the first woman to fly at twice the speed of sound. ; 21774 pages
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Cochran, Jacqueline and, Brinley, Maryann Bucknum Jackie Cochran. an Autobiography
Bantam Books 1987 Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
358 pages, plates, cloth, DJ, very good. From the estate of aviation collector Colin H. Kidd and with his embossed sticker. From Wikipedia: Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was a pioneer American aviator, considered to be one of the most gifted racing pilots of her generation. She was an important contributor to the formation of the wartime Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). ; 358 pages
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Cochran, Jacqueline The Stars At Noon. with Floyd Odlum As Wingman.
Boston Little, Brown and Co. 1954 First Edition Hard Cover Good with no dust jacket
X, 274 pages, frontispiece in color, cloth, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. Stated 1st edition, Jacqueline Cochran, (1910 -- 1980) , aviator; born in Pensacola, Fla. An orphan, her first career was as an owner of a profitable cosmetics company. Receiving her pilot's license in 1932, she was the first woman to fly in the Bendix transcontinental race three years later. She won the Bendix Trophy in 1938. The first woman to pilot a bomber across the Atlantic in World War II, she directed the Women's Air Force Service Pilots. In 1953 she became the first woman to fly faster than sound; in 1964 she flew faster than twice the speed of sound. At her death she held more flight records than any other pilot. (AND Reference Database). ; Ex-Library
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