12 May 1951 - Auriol set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale- (FAI-) ratified average speed of 818 kmph flying a British-made Vampire over a 100-km (62.1-mile) closed circuit in France from Istres, outside Marseilles, to Avignon and back to claim the women's world air speed record from its previous holder, Jacqueline Cochran of the United States.