Jacqueline Auriol

French aviator, the daughter-in-law of Vincent Auriol. She broke the women's jet speed record in 1955 by flying at 715 mph (1150 kph) in a French Mystère. She published I Live To Fly in 1970.

Jacqueline Auriol (November 5, 1917 - February 11, 2000) was a French aviatrix who set several world speed records.

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.

Her life story was told in her 1970 autobiography I Live to Fly published in the French and English languages.