Jacqueline Cochran was the leader of the 'Women's Flying Training Detachment' a branch of the female pilots in the Air Force but she eventually assumed control over the entire legion of WASPs. Cochran had learned to fly later in life than most of her aviation peers, but in five short years she had gone from a New York City beautician to a trainee pilot to owning her own makeup line, (Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics) to a world-class competitive pilot with the financial help of her new husband, Floyd Odlum, who was one of the wealthiest men in America at the time