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Sat Dec 04, 2004 12:10 am
I have all of the crew, dates, altitudes and times right here, but somehow pulling the data out of a book seems like cheating.
Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:27 am
Rob, Didn't they use the arresting wires at the end of the runway and replace the tailhook with a bar and an explosive bolt? Also isn't that Hanger 4 in the picture? Maybe Bay #1? It's been so long since I've been down there...........
Sat Dec 04, 2004 2:06 pm
At Brunswick
Lt Cdr. J. Young 34.52sec to 3,000m on Feb 21 1962
Cdr. D. Langton 48.78sec to 6,000m on Feb 21 1962
Lt. Col W. McGraw 1:1.62 to 9,000m on Mar 1 1962
Lt. Col W. McGraw 1:17.15 to 12,000m on Mar 1 1962
Lt. Cdr D. Nordberg 1:54.54 to 15,000m on Mar 1 1962
At Point Mugu
Lt Cdr Taylor Brown 2:58.5 to 20,000m on Mar 31 1962
Lt Cdr. J. Young 3:50.44 to 25,000m on Apr 3 1962
Lt. Cdr D. Nordberg 6:11.42 to 30,000m on Apr 12 1962
I also have a note here that says in the flight for the 30,000m record, the Phantom passed through 100,000 feet!
Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:17 pm
Didn't Mr Yeager pass 100,000 feet in a F-104 (admitted barely in control)also ?
TNZ
Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:40 pm
turbo_NZ wrote:Didn't Mr Yeager pass 100,000 feet in a F-104 (admitted barely in control)also ?
Yes, 108,000 is the number I have seen for Yeager's flight. That would have been in the NF-104 which had a rocket motor and RCS Thrusters installed. My book didn't go into any detail on the Phantom records so I have no idea what mods, if any, the record attempt aircraft had.
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