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TVL1970 said:
This is a photo of Tony LeVier (right) shaking hands with fellow test pilot Joe B. Jordan (left), on the day that Gordon set the (then) world altitude record of 103,395 ft in a US Air Force Lockheed F-104C Starfighter (56-0885), December 14, 1959. See: www.i-f-s.nl/f-104-records/ blog.seattlepi.com/americanaerospace/2010/12/13/f-104c-wo... www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/joe-bailey-jordan/ Here is a film documenting the record-breaking flight: YouTube - The Joint Forces Channel: "Historic Footage Of F-104 Breaking Altitude Record"

Ed Dempsey said:
This is the type of aircraft that Chuck Yeager was REALLY flying in that sequence from "The Right Stuff" where he gets burned in his bailout at the end of the picture. The NF-104A was modified to reach altitudes where reaction control jets were effective. It was used to train pilots for the X-15, which features such controls. There is one on display at EAFB, as a pylon aircraft.

Veedubber79 said:
This is Lockheed XF-104-LO Starfighter 53-7786 "FG-786" of USAF w/ a Wright J65 under test ca. '54.