Major Howard "Scrappy" C. Johnson discusses the next record training flight
with Lockheed test pilot William M. "Bill" Park and Jack Holliman in front of YF-104A "FG-957"

Maj Howard Johnson, 83rd FIS, set a new world altitude record for an operational aircraft in a zoom climb in a Lockheed F-104A Starfighter.
Maj Johnson reached an altitude of 91.249 ft on April 7, 1958 in YF-104A 55-2957 at Edwards AFB

YF-104A "FG-957", serial number 55-2957, construction number 183-1003, model 183-93-02

First time an aircraft (YF-104A) holds both the world altitude record of 27.811 m (91.246 feet) and the world speed record of 2.252 km/h (1.404 mph).

Major Johnson after learning that he set a new record >>>

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