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Breaks Two World Records - Speed flyer Jacqueline Cochran stands in front of the Canadian-built F-86 Sabre jet in which she has broken two World records at Edwards Air Force Base by flying around a 12 pylon course at an average 652.337 miles per hour, the army announced today. She shattered the women's jet speed record of 535 mph held by Mme. Jacqueline Auriol of France, and the all-time jet record for 100½,kilometer course, made by Col.Fred Ascani, U.S. Air force of 635 mph. Jacqueline Cochran poses in front of the Canadian-built F-86 Sabre jet in which she broke two world speed records, shattering the all-time record of 535 mph set by her French rival. May 18, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Breaks Two World Records - Speed flyer Jacqueline Cochran stands in front of the Canadian-built F-86 Sabre jet in which she has broken two World records at Edwards Air Force Base by flying around a 12 pylon course at an average 652.337 miles per hour, the army announced today. She shattered the women's jet speed record of 535 mph held by Mme. Jacqueline Auriol of France, and the all-time jet record for 100½,kilometer course, made by Col.Fred Ascani, U.S. Air force of 635 mph. Jacqueline Cochran poses in front of the Canadian-built F-86 Sabre jet in which she broke two world speed records, shattering the all-time record of 535 mph set by her French rival. May 18, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Breaks Two World Records - Speed flyer Jacqueline Cochran stands in front of the Canadian-built F-86 Sabre jet in which she has broken two World records at Edwards Air Force Base by flying around a 12 pylon course at an average 652.337 miles per hour, the army announced today. She shattered the women's jet speed record of 535 mph held by Mme. Jacqueline Auriol of France, and the all-time jet record for 100½,kilometer course, made by Col.Fred Ascani, U.S. Air force of 635 mph. Jacqueline Cochran poses in front of the Canadian-built F-86 Sabre jet in which she broke two world speed records, shattering the all-time record of 535 mph set by her French rival. May 18, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)
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