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| Keywords: McDonnell YF4H-1 Phantom II taking off 1958.jpeg The first U S Navy McDonnell YF4H-1 Phantom II BuNo 142259 taking off in September 1959 This aircraft made its first flight on 27 May 1958 but crashed on 21 October 1959 at Edwards Air Force Base California USA while attempting a new height record Project Top Flight killing the McDonnell test pilot Zeke Hoelsbeck <br> On 6 December 1959 while flying another YF4H-1 Commander Lawrence E Flint established an absolute manned-flight altitude record of 30 040 m as part of Project Top Flight This marke eclipsed by nearly 1220 m the record previously held by a Soviet aircraft http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 34400 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7320 034 1959-09 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy YF-4 Phantom II | ||||
