Mercury 13 Page #2
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- 2018
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had you had when you...
Five hours and five minutes.
But youve also done very well
in the cosmetics business.
I did very well.
Course it helped to be married
to a millionaire, you admit that?
before I got married.
Jacqueline Cochran was
an extraordinary gal.
She, uh...
She was raised in poverty in the South.
She had formed her own company.
She met Floyd Odlum, who was,
prior to the war, he was
the highest-paid CEO in the United States.
Jackie was very much of an individualist.
First woman to do this,
first woman to do that.
And Jackie wanted to be a trailblazer.
Women with wings.
At Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas,
famous flyer Jacqueline Cochran
gives her ferry pilot students
a last-minute inspection.
Then its off by plane
for graduation ceremonies.
Good-bye, Daughter.
Im working for the army now.
the WASP program during World War II,
the Womens Airforce Service Pilots,
who flew all the airplanes.
That was the first time that happened.
They flew all the military airplanes,
but they didnt go to war.
What they did is that
they provided ferrying capability.
They would pick up the aircraft
from the factories
and fly them to a point
where they would be turned over.
And these women flew these planes
with the same training, or less,
that the men had,
and they had the same safety record.
So they proved
they could fly those aircraft.
Nobody should ever tell a WASP
that flyings not a womans job.
any more than if it were said
a girl cant be a good flyer and a woman,
a woman at the same time.
After the war,
they didnt want to give that up.
They wouldnt give up their independence.
A lot of em stayed in aviation.
And a lot of em didnt want
to go back to the kitchen.
They wanted their freedom again.
And these WASPs really were great mentors.
They organized these air races
called the Powder Puff Derby.
The first one I flew in was 52.
You know, when youre 18,
you dont have fear,
and you dont think of it as being brave.
You think of adventures and having fun.
Because 18-year-olds think
nothing will ever happen to em.
You know, Powder Puff Derby
has a great ring to it.
And it was always great to say,
Yeah, I flew the Powder Puff Derby.
When youre at the takeoff line
and the flag drops,
you put the power to it, and you take off,
and I stayed very close to the runway
to get my speed up.
The women that you meet who are
flying in those air races are wonderful,
and theyre very inspiring.
And you make lifelong friends.
What a thrill it is to have won this 13th
Annual All-Women International Air Race.
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