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Lockheed QF-104A 55-2957 [YF-104A] Set world altitude record of 91,243 ft 7May58 flown by Maj. Howard C. Johnson (mfr LA 1749 via RJF)

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  • airmanisr2 said:
    7 May 1958: Major Howard C. Johnson, United States Air Force, the operations officer of the 83rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, based at Hamilton Air Force Base, California, zoom-climbed a Lockheed F-104A Starfighter, serial number 55-2957, to an altitude of 91,243.438 feet (27,811 meters) over Edwards Air Force Base, establishing a new Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) altitude record and winning the Collier Trophy.

Bilstein_01093 Lockheed F-104A 56-0735 Edwards AFB

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  • TVL1970 said:
    As per the Aviation Safety Network, this aircraft would be converted into a JQF-104A target drone and shot down during US Navy tests of the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile on June 17, 1965. See: aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=87042

Bilstein_00391 Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter 53-7786 and 56-7787 over Edwards AFB 1954 (mfr AJ 8127)

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  • Kerry Taylor said:
    Serials should read 53-7786 and 53-7787. Info from Joe Baugher's website. 53-7786 ... 53-7787 Lockheed XF-104A Starfighter MSN 083-0001/0002. Model 083-92-01 7786 First flight Mar 4, 1954. Delivered to USAF Nov 1955. Crashed Jul 11, 1957 due to uncontrollable tail flutter. Pilot Bill Park ejected safely 7787 lost April 14, 1955 when test pilot Herman R. "Fish" Salmon ejected following gun malfunction.