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New York Journal-American 

Miss Cochran Hold Many Air Records
Aviatrix's Career Spectacular One Since Her Teens
Jacqueline Cochran, whose arrival "somewhere in England" in an American bomber destined for service with the RAF was announced by International News Service today, has been doing spectacular things in a spectacular way since she was a girl in her teens.
Holder of many speed and altitude records, Miss Cochran acted as co-pilot from a destination "somewhere in Canada" to become the first woman to participate in the Bomber-Ferry Service from North America to England. 
The brusque, beauteous aviatrix long ago shaped the adventurous pattern that culminated with her bomber flight to the British firing line.
IN ON 'BIG SHOW.'
Students of her career might have expected that Jacqueline would want to get in on the big "show." She always has-whether it was a race halfway across the globe or a comparatively tranquil transcontinental flight.
Ponder the milestones in her thrill-jammed life:
At 11, she was working in a beauty shop.
At 14, she was a student nurse.
At 19, she owned a half-interest in a beauty shop.
At 23, she possessed a pilot's license.
At 27, she married a millionaire.
CLIMAXES RISE
And now, this, to climax her rise to the position where she stands unchallenged as America's outstanding aviatrix.
A tall, charming, completely feminine woman when she isn't flying, Jacqueline was born in Pensecola, Fla., 32 years ago. Those were lean days for her family, and Jacqueline harks back to them as little as possible.
But with the purchase of the beauty parlor, her personal fortunes became better, and today she owns a chain of cosmetic shops.
WON $299 BET
She became a pilot in three weeks to win a $200 bet, and she considers it the best investment she ever made. Having earned her wings, Miss Cochran forthwith launched a career as a ladybird speed king. 
That was in 1932. Two years later she competed against the world's crack pilots in the London to Melbourne Air Derby. She didn't last the distance, but she had a taste of competition, and her lot was sealed.
In 1937, Miss Cochran really got going. She slashed a speed record of four years, standing when she set a mark of 293.05 MPH over a three kilometer course. That same month-September-she finished third in the Bendix Derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland. 
N.Y.-MIAMI RECORD
A few months later, she winged from New York to Miami in four hours and 12 minutes, breaking Howard Hughes; record by eight minutes.
Our Ladybird was traveling fast by this time, but in 1938 she was truly "on the beam." That was the year Miss Cochran defeated America's ranking racers to capture first prize of $12,500 in the Bendix Race.
Miss Cochran despite the pressure of her cosmetics business and her aerial triumps, managed to find time for romance. In 1936, she married Floyd Odium, promotion tycoon and himself an aviation enthusiast. He is, incidentally, his wife's greatest 

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AMERICA'S ACE WOMAN FLIER, Jacqueline Cochran, first of her sex to ferry bombing plane across ocean, is safe somewhere in Britain, according to word received by International News Service today. Here famed aviatrix is seen studying globe, prior to flight.