Jacqueline in the F-86 Sabre Jet Preparing to break the sound barrier | Credit to YouTube Barbara Sharp
Jacqueline Cochran Breaking the Sound Barrier,
Breaking the Barriers of Her Generation
Jacqueline Cochran the First Woman to Break the Sound Barrier in May 18, 1953
"I wanted to have the experience - to move that barrier away."
-Jackie Cochran "The Stars At Noon" p. 236
"Colonel Fred Asconi (...) appointed Major Charles "Chuck" Yeager (...) to be her instructor."
- "Jackie Cochran: Pilot in the Fastest Lane" by Doris Rich p. 174
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"The sound she had left behind hit the ground, two sonic booms in quick succession, strong enough to shatter window panes."
-"Jackie Cochran Pilot in the Fastest Lane" p. 17 by Doris L. Rich
Jacqueline Cochran before and after breaking the sound barrier 1953, YouTube
Barbara Sharp
Newspaper Articles
"Miss Cochran Holds Most Jet Records." Aviation Week, 22 June 1953 Newspaper | Credit to UWF Archives
"In 1953, she became the first women to break the sound barrier.(...) in F-86 Sabre jet."
-"American Women and Flight since 1940" Deborah Douglas p. 131
"Cochran Sets Sights on 700 MPH Record." Aviation Week, 18 May 1953 Newspaper | Credit to UWF Archives
Breaking the sound barrier led to the progression of women in aviation because Jacqueline proved that women could withstand G-force, be calm, and fly jets as well as men.
Miss Cochran Holds Most Jet Records." Aviation Week, 22 June 1953 Newspaper | Credit to UWF Archives
"As you start getting closer to Mach 1 (...) there is terrific turbulence. The wings start digging under. First one wing will twist and then the other, then another part of the plane ... then another ... all seem to be twisting and digging independently."
-Jacqueline recalls breaking the sound barrier, quote from "Superwomen Jacqueline Cochran" by Billie Pittman Ayers and Beth Dees
"Jackie Cochran: The Fastest Women Alive." Press-Enterprise, 22
Jan. 1972 by John Millrany Newspaper | Credit to UWF Archives
Sally Van Wagenen. "She Put Women in an All-Male Sky." Vogue, Feb. 1979 Newspaper | Credit to UWF Archives
"In flying, women have the advantage of keen sensitivity and intuition, often show more patience than men."
-Quote from "She Put Women in an All-Male Sky" Vogue Article 1979 by Sally Van Wagenen Keil, author of quote unknown
"Jackie Sets New Flying 'First.'" Daily Enterprise [Columbus, Ohio], 30 Mar. 1967
Going Even Faster
On May 4,1964, she flew at Mach 2. This is twice the speed of sound."
-"Women Explorers of the Air" by Margo McLoone p. 2
Jackie Cochran in her pilot helmet | Credit to "Superwomen" by Billie Pittman Ayers and Beth Dees p. 156
Jacqueline Cochran stepping out of a jet plane | Credit to front cover of "Jacqueline Cochran: America's Fearless Aviator" by Nina McGuire and Sandra Sammons
Testing Lockheed Jets 1960 | Credit to "Jackie
Cochran An Autobiography" p. 280
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By breaking the sound barrier Jackie Cochran opened fast-speed aviation to women and impacted their participation in space flights.
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