A few days before she left, she gave a small American flag to her friend Jacqueline Cochran, another female pilot.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

Jacqueline Cochran was a well-known female pilot in the United States at that time.

VOA: special.2010.11.08

In 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a North American F-86 Canadair over Rogers Dry Lake, California.

CNN: Saturday,