Jacqueline Cochran, born Bessie Lee Pittman on 11 May 1906 and died on 9 August 1980, was an American pilot and business executive who pioneered women's aviation. The source lead states that she was the first woman to break the sound barrier, on 18 May 1953. Together with Nancy Love she was the wartime head of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, known as the WASP, from 1943 to 1944, a body that employed about 1,000 civilian American women in a non-combat role to ferry aircraft from factories to port cities. Later she was initially a sponsor of the Mercury 13 women astronaut program before testifying against it in a congressional subcommittee. The lead says nothing about her business career beyond the phrase business executive, or about the aircraft she flew.
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What aircraft did Jacqueline Cochran fly when she became the first woman to break the sound barrier?
She flew an F-86 Sabre in 1953 with help from Chuck Yeager.
Jacqueline Cochran flew an F-86 Sabre past Mach 1 in 1953, which made her the first woman to break the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier, helped her make the transition to jet-powered aircraft, and she set new records soon afterward.
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was an American pilot and business executive
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1. Jacqueline Cochran (Wikipedia)
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May 11, 1906
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August 9, 1980
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was an American pilot and business executive
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Jacqueline Cochran (born Bessie Lee Pittman; May 11, 1906, August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive.
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