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Legends of Aviation: Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochran

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At 30,000 feet above sea level in the Earth’s atmosphere, temperatures can reach as low as -45 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s cold enough to do serious harm to the human body including hypothermia and frost bite. These extreme cold temperatures did not keep Pilot-Legend Jackie Cochran from breaking the record for highest altitude reached by a… Read more »

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