Jacqueline Cochran

In 1943 Selma was invited by Jacqueline Cochran, the legendary female aviation pioneer, to join the WASPs.

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May 10, 1936, was the wedding day for the slim-built, sandy-haired Floyd Odium and the glamorous and gutsy blonde Jacqueline Cochran.

The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

The following year, Jacqueline Cochran won the Bendix Race, covering the distance of 2,042 miles in eight hours, ten minutes and thirty-one seconds—nonstop!

The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

On June 18, 1941 Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean.

The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

During the second week of June, Montreal did indeed call and ask her to take a flight test—Jacqueline Cochran, the holder of seventeen aviation records, twice recipient of the Harmon Trophy, and the winner of the 1938 Bendix Race.

The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

On the 28th of September, the day after Warsaw fell, Jacqueline Cochran sent a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, expressing her view that it was time to consider the idea of women pilots in non-combat roles and implying a willingness to do the advance planning for such an organization.

The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

Jacqueline Cochran was in England recruiting women to fly for the British ATA when she learned that Nancy Love was putting together an elite corps of professional women pilots, ranging from barnstormers to flight instructors for the Ferry Command.

The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

Jacqueline Cochran put forward a proposal to her former luncheon partner, Army Air Corps General “Hap” Arnold, to utilize not just the 150 highly qualified women pilots but to give advanced training to the more than two thousand others.

The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

In 1932, at a Miami club, Jacqueline Cochran met Floyd Bostwick Odium, a millionaire and a Wall Street financier.

The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

At the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race in May of 1935, Amelia Earhart had the chance to meet newcomer Jacqueline Cochran, whose story would rival any tale by Dickens.

The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985