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Jacqueline Cochran :
At one time, fast-flying Jacqueline Cochran (1910?-1980) held more aviation
records than any other flier, male or female. She won the Bendix
Transcontinental Air Race in 1935 and led the Women's Air Force Service Pilots
(WASP) during World War II. In 1964, she set a women's speed record of 1,429
miles per hour. She also flew higher than any other woman (55,300 feet), and
was the first woman to fly a bomber and a jet across the Atlantic. After her
retirement from the Air Force Reserve, she served as a special consultant to
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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