female pilot | Hartzell Propeller Airplane Propeller and Aircraft Propeller Systems Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:41:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hartzellprop.com/wp-content/uploads/logo2-60x60.png female pilot | Hartzell Propeller 32 32 5 Early Influential U.S. Female Aviators to Know https://hartzellprop.com/famous-female-aviators-to-know/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:41:23 +0000 http://hartzellprop.com/?p=19931 When you look at any list of “famous female pilots,” Amelia Earhart is almost guaranteed to show up on all of them. While she is a household name, the truth is that Amelia is almost more famous for what she didn’t do than for what she did. Her circumnavigational flight in 1937 in a Lockheed […]

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]]> Pioneering Pilot Spotlight: Jacqueline Cochran https://hartzellprop.com/pioneering-pilot-spotlight-jacqueline-cochran/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:18:09 +0000 http://hartzellprop.com/?p=16588 In 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first female pilot to break the sound barrier when she flew a Royal Canadian Air Force F-86 Sabrejet over Rogers Dry Lake, California. But “going supersonic” was just one of Cochran’s many incredible accomplishments. After being introduced to aviation at a young age, Cochran learned to fly with just […]

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