Simviation Forum - Best Pilot Ever

Reply #45 - Nov 15^th, 2003 at 3:55am

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Oh I remember without looking at your URL Hagar......I seem to remember her for her exploits in an F-104 and doing Mach 2, I believe ?...Jacquie Cochrane........

I would be disappointed had you not remembered this legendary pilot. I fully expected you & some of the older members here to know of her accomplishments or at least heard her name. Wink

However, I hope you & the others did bother to check out my link. It's very interesting. Here's a quote from the introduction.

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Jacqueline Cochran Odlum is a legend in aviation history. There are few, if any aviators who have accomplished so much or set and held as many aviation records. Yet, if you ask anyone to name a famous aviatrix, nine times out of ten he or she will name Amelia Earhart.

Jackie who? They retort as one proceeds to describe an aviation legend. Major General Fred J. Ascani said of Jackie's ability "There are cautious pilots who never want to know what the plane's maximum performance is and then there are pilots like Yeager & Cochran".

PS. While on the subject of female pioneers it would be impossible to leave out Hanna Reitsch. Whatever we might think of her political beliefs she was an extremely courageous woman & an outstanding pilot.
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/reitsch.html
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As the world's first female test pilot and helicopter pilot, Hanna flew everyting the Third Reich had: from the first helicopter (the Focke-Achgelis) to the prototype of a piloted V-1. She went on to set more than 40 altitude and endurance records in motorless and powered aircraft in her lifetime.

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Reply #46 - Nov 15^th, 2003 at 6:59am

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Am I right in thinking that Baron Von Ricktoven was the Red Baron? Because he was the best pilot .ever.

I'm only smiling because they haven't found the bodies yet.&&&&

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Reply #47 - Nov 15^th, 2003 at 7:23am

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Yup, he was the Red Baron, and if he was so good then how come he ended up dead? Grin

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Reply #48 - Nov 15^th, 2003 at 7:27am

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Aussies are better shots than he predicted LOL.

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Reply #49 - Nov 15^th, 2003 at 8:39am

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Am I right in thinking that Baron Von Ricktoven was the Red Baron? Because he was the best pilot .ever.

This is a very sweeping statement. Roll Eyes

Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen aka The Red Baron had a short career as a fighter pilot, spanning 2 years during WWI (1916-18 ). He was obviously very good at his job as he had 80 confirmed victories & was known as the Ace of Aces. Many of these victories were against unarmed reconnaissance machines or aircraft flown by novices. There were many far more competent & skilled pilots around even at that time, his brother Lothar among them.

I suspect the Red Baron is more famous among the general public more for the strip cartoon & 70s hit single (The Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron ) than for his actual skill (or otherwise) as a pilot. Wink

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Reply #50 - Nov 15^th, 2003 at 8:48am