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An annual air show called the Jacqueline Cochran Air Show is named in her honor and takes place at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport near Coachella, California. Cochran also became the first woman to be honored with a permanent display of her achievements at the United States Air Force Academy .
Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (IATA: TRM, ICAO: KTRM, FAA LID: TRM) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Riverside County, California, United States. It is located in the southeastern Coachella Valley , 20 nautical miles (23 mi , 37 km ) southeast of the central business district of Palm Springs , [ 1 ] in Thermal, California .
Model D17W, one impressed into service. This aircraft was originally built in 1937 for famed aviator Jacqueline Cochran. Cochran flew the airplane in the 1937 Bendix cross-country race and placed first in the Women's Division and 3rd overall. She also set a Women's National Speed Record of 203.895 miles per hour using the airplane. A GB-1 ...
The Coachella Valley (/ k oʊ ˈ tʃ ɛ l ə, ˌ k oʊ. ə-/ koh-CHEL-ə, KOH-ə-) [1] is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County.The valley has been referred to as Greater Palm Springs and occasionally the Palm Springs Area [2] due to the historic prominence of the city of Palm Springs.
Pilot Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran wrote to the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1939 to suggest the idea of using women pilots in non-combat missions. [9] [10] Cochran was introduced by Roosevelt to General Henry H. Arnold, chief of the Army Air Force, and to General Robert Olds, who became the head of the Air Transport Command (ATC). [11]
Jacqueline Auriol (1917–2000), French test pilot who rivalled Jacqueline Cochran in breaking speed records [3] Micky Axton (1919–2010), one of the first three Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) to be trained as a test pilot; first woman to fly a B-29; Lilian Bland flying the Mayfly in 1911. She built the aircraft herself to become the ...
That same year, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly a jet across the Atlantic Ocean. [8] She was also the first woman to break the sound barrier. Throughout the decade, she and Jacqueline Auriol [177] of France traded women's speed and distance records what would be known as the "battle of the Jackies".
The pioneering aviator Jacqueline Cochran recruited her into the Womens Air Service Pilots (WASP) in 1943. [4] Between 1943 and 1945, she ferried aircraft around the country and towed targets for gunners, flying C-60s , B-24s , and B-17s .