# @airandspacemuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcboDQ9IGKJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69618253-airandspacemuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3318a88e18.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-24T17:43:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Air and Space Museum (@airandspacemuseum) — https://gondola.cc/airandspacemuseum

## Caption

During her lifetime, Jacqueline Cochran held more speed, altitude, and distance records than any other pilot who had come before her. 65 years ago today, she set a new speed record for women while flying the Museum's Northrop T-38 Talon. 

Over the course of the next six weeks, Cochran flew that same T-38 in a blistering attempt at a series of records. Even a case of the flu didn’t keep her out of the airplane. She succeeded in setting eight speed, distance, and altitude records by mid-October 1961. 

The T-38 she flew is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in DC. #AirSpacePhoto

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