Notable Historic Anniversary

[rk911]

On this date in 1953, Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier.

R.I.P., Colonel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran

 

[FrankPilot]

Thanks for this reminder. Cheers.

 

[Sundancer]

I wonder who was the first left handed person to exceed mach 1?

 

[Half Fast]

I wonder who was the first left handed person to exceed mach 1?

Or the first follicly impaired and vertically challenged person?

 

[frfly172]

Go Air Force.

 

[SoonerAviator]

Or the first follicly impaired and vertically challenged person?

Getting into obscure baseball stat territory, lol.

 

[Fearless Tower]

Or the first follicly impaired and vertically challenged person?

Did Doolittle ever exceed Mach 1?

 

[hindsight2020]

I have a hot take, but it'd get me cancelled.

 

[Brad Smith]

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-19943590
This guy did it without an aircraft.

 

[Zeldman]

So did this guy...

https://www.longislandskydiving.com/blog/what-was-the-highest-skydive-ever-made/

 

[SoonerAviator]

I have a hot take, but it'd get me cancelled.

I feel like it would be worth it . . . Lol

 

[Albany Tom]

Being the first female to break the speed of sound may not be a big deal, along the lines of that being done before and it's just a record.
That according to some sources she had more overall speed/altitude records set than anyone else, male or female, is probably a big deal.
That she was one of the pioneers in getting women's air corp up and running, to do test and ferry flights of combat aircraft in WW2 was absolutely a big deal. Those flight materially helped the war, and were not done without significant risk.