Noha307 wrote:
As a test pilot, she flew and tested the first turbo-supercharger ever installed on an aircraft engine in 1934. During the following two years, she became the first person to fly and test the forerunner to the Pratt & Whitney 1340 and 1535 engines. In 1938, she flew and tested the first wet wing ever installed on an aircraft. With Dr. Randolph Lovelace, she helped design the first oxygen mask, and then became the first person to fly above 20,000 feet wearing one.
The first aircraft with a turbocharger was long before 1934. The Napier Lion had an option for a turbo in 1922 and I am sure there were others on both sides of the Atlantic.
Without a doubt Jackie Cochran was a pioneer and a competent pilot, but it seems someone is trying to embellish the story.
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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.
CB
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