Reminiscences Of Jacqueline Cochran
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Reminiscences Of Jacqueline Cochran
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
Reminiscences Of Jacqueline Cochran written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Aeronautics categories.
Pilot's license, 1932; the Australian race; instrument flying; aviation medicine; ferry flights during World War II; women pilots in the Air Force; use of jet planes; world records; FAI; visits to Russia; Northeast Airlines. Recollections of Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart.
Reminiscences Of Jacqueline Cochran
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Author : Jacqueline Cochran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Reminiscences Of Jacqueline Cochran written by Jacqueline Cochran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Aeronautics categories.
Pilot's license, 1932; the Australian race; instrument flying; aviation medicine; ferry flights during World War II; women pilots in the Air Force; use of jet planes; world records; FAI; visits to Russia; Northeast Airlines. Recollections of Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart.
Superwoman Jacqueline Cochran
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Author : Billie Pittman Ayers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-10
Superwoman Jacqueline Cochran written by Billie Pittman Ayers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Jacqueline Cochran
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Author : Rhonda Smith-Daugherty
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-03-10
Jacqueline Cochran written by Rhonda Smith-Daugherty and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Transportation categories.
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.
Tethered Mercury
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Author : Bernice Trimble Steadman
language : en
Publisher: Aviation
Release Date : 2001
Tethered Mercury written by Bernice Trimble Steadman and has been published by Aviation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
American Women And Flight Since 1940
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Author : Deborah G. Douglas
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-05-11
American Women And Flight Since 1940 written by Deborah G. Douglas and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with Social Science categories.
“Individual women’s stories enliven almost every page” of this comprehensive illustrated reference, now updated, from the National Air and Space Museum (Technology and Culture). Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning. But until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. “It is on the record that women can fly as well as men,” stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. Then the question became “Should women fly?” Deborah G. Douglas tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led to the formation of the Women’s Army Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II to the more recent achievements of Jeannie Flynn, the Air Force’s first woman fighter pilot and Eileen Collins, NASA’s first woman shuttle commander, Douglas introduces a host of determined women who overcame prejudice and became military fliers, airline pilots, and air and space engineers. Not forgotten are stories of flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and mechanics. American Women and Flight since 1940 is a revised and expanded edition of a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reference work. Long considered the single best reference work in the field, this new edition contains extensive new illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.
Wasp Of The Ferry Command
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Author : Sarah Byrn Rickman
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2016-03-15
Wasp Of The Ferry Command written by Sarah Byrn Rickman and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-15 with History categories.
WASP of the Ferry Command is the story of the women ferry pilots who flew more than nine million miles in 72 different aircraft—115,000 pilot hours—for the Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, during World War II. In the spring of 1942, Col. William H. Tunner lacked sufficient male pilots to move vital trainer aircraft from the factory to the training fields. Nancy Love found 28 experienced women pilots who could do the job. They, along with graduates of the Army's flight training school for women--established by Jacqueline Cochran--performed this duty until fall 1943, when manufacture of trainers ceased. In December 1943 the women ferry pilots went back to school to learn to fly high-performance WWII fighters, known as pursuits. By January 1944 they began delivering high performance P-51s, 47s, and 39s. Prior to D-Day and beyond, P-51s were crucial to the air war over Germany. They had the range to escort B-17s and B-24s from England to Berlin and back on bombing raids that ultimately brought down the German Reich. Getting those pursuits to the docks in New Jersey for shipment abroad became these women's primary job. Ultimately, more than one hundred WASP pursuit pilots were engaged in this vital movement of aircraft.
The Columbia Documentary History Of American Women Since 1941
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Author : Harriet Sigerman
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2003
The Columbia Documentary History Of American Women Since 1941 written by Harriet Sigerman and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
From the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the fax machine, from the pill to reproductive rights, from Rosie the Riveter to Martha Stewart and Hillary Rodham Clinton, American women have grappled with a sometimes dizzying rate of social and economic change and continually shifting conceptions of gender. This collection of documents seeks to chronicle the exciting and tumultuous recent history of American women, beginning with the watershed event of World War II and the lasting impact of the war effort on women's social and economic opportunities. Subsequent documents speak to the ideas and changes brought about by the women's movement; the challenges to and defense of reproductive rights; the backlash against feminism in the name of family values; and new visions for women's lives in the twenty-first century.
Oral History Guide
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Oral History Guide written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Indexes categories.
Oral History Guide
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Author : Microfilming Corporation of America
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Oral History Guide written by Microfilming Corporation of America and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with History categories.