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‘From Sawdust to Stardust’: Jackie Cochran’s Soaring Achievements

by Angelica Walker-Werth

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Angelica Werth
Jun 02, 2021
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Adventure is always just around the corner, and I can turn that corner mighty fast. —Jacqueline Cochran

When Jackie Cochran died in 1980, she held more speed, altitude, and distance records than any other pilot in aviation history, she had founded a successful cosmetics company that she ran for twenty-eight years before selling it, and she had been award…

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