Jacqueline Auriol
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Jacqueline Auriol (November 5, 1917 – February 11, 2000) was a French aviatrix who set several world speed records.
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[edit] Biography
Born Jacqueline Marie-Thérèse Suzanne Douet in Challans, Vendée, the daughter of a wealthy shipbuilder, she graduated from the University of Nantes then she studied art at the École du Louvre in Paris.
In 1938, Jacqueline Douet married Paul Auriol, son of Vincent Auriol who later became President of France. During World War II, Jacqueline Auriol, worked against the German occupation of France by helping the French Resistance.
She earned a military pilot license in 1950 then qualified as one of the first female test pilots. She was among the first women to break the sound barrier and set five world speed records.
Her life story was told in her 1970 autobiography I Live to Fly published in the French and English languages.
[edit] Honours
- She was awarded four Harmon Trophies in 1951, 1952, 1955 and 1956.
- She was made Grand officier (Grand officer) of the Légion d'honneur.
- She was made Grand'croix (Grand cross) of the Ordre national du Mérite in 1997.[1]
- Honored as an Eagle in 1992.[2]
[edit] References
[edit] Sources
- I Live to Fly - Jacqueline Auriol. (1970) E.P. Dutton & Co., New York ISBN 0-525-13076-4
[edit] Notes
- ^ "ORDRE NATIONAL DU MERITE Décret du 14 mai 1997 portant promotion et nomination". JORF 1997 (112): 7299. 15-05-1997. PREX9700000D. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX9700000D. Retrieved on 2009-04-05.
- ^ http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eagle_bios/1992/auriol_1992.asp
[edit] External links
- Biography on the Air University website
- Jacqueline Auriol's obituary in the La Dépêche newspaper (French)
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