The Women, concluded - 1953 Jackie Cochran with Yeager.jpg (1/1)

Mitchell Holman wrote in
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Jackie Cochran with Yeager

Encouraged by then-Major Chuck Yeager, with whom Cochran shared a lifelong
friendship, on May 18, 1953, at Rogers Dry Lake, California, Cochran flew a
Canadair F-86 Sabre jet borrowed from the Royal Canadian Air Force at an
average speed of 652.337 mph. During the course of this run the Sabre went
supersonic, and Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier.

john Szalay john.szalayatatt.net wrote in
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Mitchell Holman wrote in
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Jackie Cochran with Yeager

Encouraged by then-Major Chuck Yeager, with whom Cochran shared a
lifelong friendship, on May 18, 1953, at Rogers Dry Lake, California,
Cochran flew a Canadair F-86 Sabre jet borrowed from the Royal
Canadian Air Force at an average speed of 652.337 mph. During the
course of this run the Sabre went supersonic, and Cochran became the
first woman to break the sound barrier.



Cochran lead the WASP program that I posted
so many pictures of.

DAN wrote in news:iorcfcpu05ggj3asak07gibfh0udcro01h@
4ax.com:

And a bunch of graduates of the IAF flight school 2011.
Identities are not public while they serve.


The IAF has a preference for redheads, it seems.......

DAN wrote in
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Rina Levinson was a pilot qualified on planes and gliders, and was
drafted into the IAF where she served as Sergeant.

She also piloted a C-47 for the paratroops assault on Mitla pass in
1956.

After the war, she operated a private air taxi service, and
participated in international glider competitions.




Thanks, I will include these in my next upload
of this series.