historians say jackie cochran was one of the most accomplished pilots of all-time.ad already made a name for herself as a racing pilot during world war ii she served as a recruiter and also helped to deliver american-built planes to britain. she broke the sound barrier over a desert in southern california. during her flight she averaged speeds of more than 650 miles an hour and jackie cochran flew into the history books 63 years ago today. should news break out, we'll break in because breaking news changes everything on fox news channel. the dow is up and down and all over the place and it's finishing flat. i guess the banking sector was leading the decline and energy leading the charge. they canceled each other out as they will. >>> all right. more on that chances out on the markets. first to the east side of manhattan. what you're looks at is the apartment building of one henry kissinger, former policy icon, secretary of state in the nixon and ford administrations. probably one of the more influential foreign policy figures in american history. donald trump has be

a woman named jackie cochran, and a floridat native, along with a test pilot harkness-love approached fdr at the beginning of the war and said, "you know, there are a lot of women who could fly some spy planes, there are a lot of women who could pull targets, who could transport planes from one factory to a base." as the same response when the effort was first made to get women into the war can'try, "no, no, no, we do that, we don't want women in those roles." long beforen't take it was clear that we needed someone to take over those roles. we needed someone to fly the planes from the factories to the bases. 1942, the wapr of serviceomen's army pilots -- wasp, the women's army pilots, headed to training, some of it in texas, some of it in florida. 'sese women had a pilot license, a commercial pilot's license, and they learned to fly, "the army way." they would not fly in combat maneuvers because they were not allowed to in any way participate in combat. more than 25,000 women applied to be a wasp. fewer than 1900 were accepted. sps weree training, wa stationed in over 120 airbases acr

a woman named jackie cochrane who was a pilot and a florida native along with a test pilot named nancy love approached fdr at the beginning of the war and said, you know, there are a lot of women who could fly supply planes, a lot of women who could pull targets, who could transport planes interest one place to a base and, again, as the same response when the effort was first made to get women into the war industry, no, no, no, we can't do that. we don't want women. we don't want women in those roles. well, it didn't take long before it was clear we needed someone to take over those roles. we needed someone to fly the planes from the factories to the bases. so in september of 1942, the waspss, the women service pilots, were headed to their first training. the initial training, some of it took place in texas. some of it in florida. these women had a pilot's license, a commercial pilot's license and they learned to fly, quote, the army way. they were not trained in combat maneuvers because they were not allowed to in any way participate in combat. more than 25,000 women applies to be a w