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The F-104 was the first aircraft to simultaneously hold the world speed and altitude records. On 7 May 1958, USAF Major Howard C. Johnson, flying YF-104A 55–2957, broke the world flight altitude record for jet aircraft by flying to 91,243 feet (27,811 m) [ a ] over Edwards AFB. [ 64 ]
The Red Baron was a highly modified Lockheed F-104 Starfighter which set a FAI Class C-1 Group III 3 km speed record of 1,590.45 kilometres per hour (988.26 mph), in 1977 which still stands. [1] It was assembled by Darryl Greenamyer and sponsored by Ed Browning and the Red Baron Flying Service of Idaho Falls, Idaho. The aircraft was destroyed ...
This is a list of Lockheed F-104 Starfighter variants. XF-104 ... On 14 December 1959, an F-104C set a world altitude record of 103,395 ft (31,515 m), 77 built.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter The Lockheed NF-104A is an American mixed-power, high-performance, supersonic aerospace trainer that served as a low-cost astronaut training vehicle for the North American X-15 and projected Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar programs.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: turbojet: This F-104 became the first aircraft to simultaneously hold the world speed, rate of climb and altitude records when on May 16, 1958, U.S. Air Force Capt. Walter W. Irwin set a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph 1959: September 4 94,658 ft 28,852 m Vladimir Ilyushin: Sukhoi Su-9: turbojet: 1959: December 6 ...
May 7 – USAF Major Howard C. Johnson of the 83rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron set a new world record for altitude, flying a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter to 27,813 m (91,250 ft). [ 14 ] May 16 – USAF Captain Walter W. Irwin set a new world airspeed record of 1,404 mph (2,260 km/h) in an F-104 Starfighter, [ 14 ] the first record over 2,000 km ...
At an altitude of about 25,000 ft (7.6 km) [14] Walker's Starfighter was one of five aircraft in a tight group formation for a General Electric publicity photo when his F-104 drifted into contact with the XB-70's right wingtip. The F-104 flipped over, and, rolling inverted, passed over the top of the XB-70, striking both its vertical ...
Flying the recently-introduced Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, U.S. Air Force Major Howard C. Johnson set a new record for highest altitude reached, making a "zoom climb" after taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California and ascending to 91,249 feet (27,813 m) — more than 17 miles — breaking the previous record set five days earlier by ...