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CarveHerName

1 year ago

CarveHerName
1 year ago

#OnThisDay, 18 May 1953, Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman pilot to break the sound barrier.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons

A posed photo of Jackie Cochran sitting on the edge of her plane. She's a white woman with blonde hair and is rather implausibly wearing high heels. Breaking the sound barrier as a pilot? In these shoes? I don't think so.

#history #otd #onthisday #histodons #womeninhistory #womenshistory #aviationhistory

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