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Jackie was competing in major competition and running a multi-million dollar beauty products business Over the next three years, she won several major aviation competitions.
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Jackie married Odlum. During this time she befriended fellow aviator Amelia Earhart, and began competing in air races.
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Jackie broke both the national 100 kilometer and international 2,000 kilometer speed records. She won the Women‘s National Aviation Association award as the outstanding woman pilot for ’38, ‘39, ’40, and ‘41.
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Jackie wrote to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt proposing a women’s flying division.
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General Arnold reconsidered Jacqueline Cochran’s proposal and asked her to travel to England to observe the "Wings for Britain" program, an organization that ferried American built aircraft to Britain.
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1943 Cochran was appointed to the General Staff of the U.S. Army Air Forces to direct all phases of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) program.
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Jacqueline Cochran received the U.S. Distinguished Service Medal.
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Jackie became the first woman to breach the sound barrier and holds more speed and distance records than any flier in history.
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Jackie was enshrined in the Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio, the first woman to be so honored.
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Jacqueline Cochran died at her home in Indio, California.
