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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.