Il 18 maggio 1953, Jackie Cochran ha infranto il muro del suono (e non era una giovane promessa, aveva 47 anni)


Spesso si pensa ai record aeronautici come a una gara tra giovani piloti militari, ma la storia dell'18 maggio 1953 racconta tutt'altro.

Sopra il lago asciutto di Rogers, in California, Jacqueline "Jackie" #Cochran è entrata nella storia diventando la prima donna a superare la barriera del suono.
Cochran non era una "giovane promessa". Aveva 47 anni, un impero cosmetico tutto suo e una carriera già leggendaria. In un'epoca in cui i jet militari erano territorio quasi esclusivo di uomini in uniforme, lei ha forzato la porta.
Volava su un Canadair F-86 Sabre (versione su licenza del North American F-86), un caccia nato dalla Guerra di Corea, fornito dalla Royal Canadian Air Force.
Ha stabilito un primato di velocità su circuito chiuso di 100 km, con una media di circa 1.050 km/h, superando Mach 1.
A darle il supporto tecnico e ad accompagnarla come pilota di osservazione era Chuck Yeager, l'uomo che per primo aveva rotto il muro del suono nel 1947.

Cochran dimostrò che i limiti della fisica potevano essere superati da chi avesse la competenza, indipendentemente dal genere, e, sul piano culturale mostrò che una donna poteva essere protagonista assoluta della modernità aeronautica, non una semplice eccezione tollerata.
Cochran nel 1964, a 58 anni, volò ancora più in alto su un F-104 Starfighter raggiungendo Mach 2. Alla sua morte nel 1980, deteneva più record di velocità e quota di chiunque altro al mondo.

Un caso di emancipazione conquistata con casco, ossigeno, strumenti e rischio.

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Wyoming Dude Ranch A-L, Choice August, 1955.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)

Title: "Cochran Boys at Dude Ranch"

Date: 1955-12 (no specific date given)

Keywords: Sports Illustrated, Wyoming Dude Ranch, Toni Frissell, photography.

Biography of Toni Frissell:
Toni Frissell was an American photographer known for her portraits and landscape photographs. Born in 1917, she began her career as a photographer at the age of 15, working with prominent figures such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and celebrities like Ernest Hemingway.

Description: A black and white photograph titled "Cochran boys" from the Toni Frissell photography collection, taken by Toni Frissell for Sports Illustrated. The image depicts two boys, identified as Cochran boys, at a dude ranch in Valley, Wyoming.

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2021707018/

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#EAS for Bailey, #TX; #Cochran, #TX; #Hockley, #TX; #Lamb, #TX: National Weather Service: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING in effect for this area until 5:00 PM CDT for DESTRUCTIVE baseball size hail. Take shelter in a sturdy building, away from windows. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. Source: NWS Lubbock TX** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS for Bailey, #TX; #Cochran, #TX; #Hockley, #TX; #Lamb, #TX: National Weather Service: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING in effect for this area until 5:00 PM CDT for DESTRUCTIVE baseball size hail. Take shelter in a sturdy building, away from windows. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. Source: NWS Lubbock TX** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
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