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Jacqueline Cochran
- Biography of a Pioneer Aviator
Engelsk Paperback
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Jacqueline Cochran

- Biography of a Pioneer Aviator
Engelsk Paperback

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Although Amelia Earhart remains the best-known female pilot of the 1930s, Jacqueline Cochran stood as the more important aviation pioneer and America''s top woman pilot. Among her many accomplishments, Cochran was the first female aviator to win the Bendix Air Race, to fly a bomber, to break the speed of sound, and to participate in astronaut training. This revealing biography explores Cochran''s childhood in an impoverished Florida mill town, her early career as a pilot, and her role in creating and leading the WASPs during World War II. It also chronicles her postwar exploits, including her participation in the NASA space program, her unsuccessful 1956 bid for Congress, and her surprising reluctance to crusade for the advancement of women. This detailed profile, removing Cochran from Earhart''s shadow, firmly establishes the aviatrix as a pivotal figure in the history of women in aviation and in war.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
221
ISBN-13:
9780786462759
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786462752
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Udg. Dato:
30 apr 2012
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
225mm
Højde:
150mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
30 apr 2012
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