They would have two sons. The couple divorced, 12 November , but re-married, 24 Jan She earned a private license in She required 14 operations at the Foch Hospital to repair the damage to her face, followed by 8 more operations performed by Dr. In , Jacqueline Auriol qualified as a French military pilot. After only 23 flight hours in a Bell Model 47, she was awarded her helicopter pilot certificate, 23 January She has met fear head-on and conquered it.
She has a complete passion for flying. Harry S. Mme Auriol won a second Harmon Trophy. This set her fifth FAI speed record. Her remains were interred at the cemetery in Ville de Muret, France. When I am in the air, close to both, things finally take on their proper perspective.
Nonsense becomes nonsense. The big things stand out, become alive. Lieutenant Kelsey departed March Field at a. He arrived there at p. The XP took off at p. He landed there at p. Kelsey was met by Major General H. Arnold, and it was decided to continue to New York. The XP was airborne again at p. Kelsey was overhead Mitchel Field, New York at p.
On approach, the XP was behind several slower training planes, so Lieutenant Kelsey throttled back the engines. When he tried to throttle up, the carburetor venturis iced and the engines would not accelerate, remaining at idle. The airplane crashed on a golf course short of the airport. The prototype had averaged miles per hour kilometers per hour and had reached miles per hour kilometers per hour during the Wright Field-to-Mitchel Field segment.
Hughes by 17 minutes, 11 seconds. It should be noted, however, that Hughes H-1 Racer flew non-stop from coast to coast, while the XP required two time-consuming fuel stops. The XP was damaged beyond repair, but its performance on the transcontinental flight was so impressive that 13 YPs were ordered from Lockheed by the Air Corps. Designed by an engineering team led by Hall L.
