Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:40 pm
United States Air Force 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.
Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:54 am
Noha307 wrote:During the following two years, she became the first person to fly and test the forerunner to the Pratt & Whitney 1340 and 1535 engines.
Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:53 pm
Noha307 wrote:I've been working on a Sporcle quiz of aircraft firsts and been doing some online research to determine the answers. Via a discussion on a Wikipedia talk page, I came across a biography of Jackie Cochran from the Air Force that states:United States Air Force 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.
Does anyone know what these two aircraft would have been?
I found another Air Force story on Cochrane that states she flew the Seversky AP-7 in the 1938 Bendix Race. Would this be the second aircraft mentioned?
Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:15 pm
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.
Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:20 am
Without a doubt Jackie Cochran was a pioneer and a competent pilot, but it seems someone is trying to embellish the story.
Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:13 am
Sat Sep 22, 2018 6:09 am