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| Keywords: YF4H-1 Phantom II of project Top Flight at EdwardsAFB 1959.jpg A U S Navy McDonnell YF4H-1 Phantom II prototype BuNo 142260 at Edwards Air Force Base California USA The aircraft set a new world record for aircraft altitude on 6 December 1959 when a it reached a height of 30 041 metres The mark which was submitted to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale for approval bettered the previous official record of 28 852 m set in July 1959 by Major V S Ilyushin of the USSR in a Tupolev Tu-431 Commander Lawrence E Flint USN 39 of Beckley West Virginia USA was the pilot in the U S Navy's record flight made from Edwards AFB 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 34401 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7320 035 1959-12-06 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base Record breaking aircraft YF-4 Phantom II | ||||
