Paul Bikle flew the sole 1-23E to a world absolute altitude record of 46, 267 feet for a record gain of 42, 300 feet on 25 February 1961.
12.
Due to this fact, Apollo 13 holds the absolute altitude record for a manned spacecraft, reaching a distance of from Earth on 7 : 21 pm EST, April 14, 1970.
13.
*1958 US Navy Lieutenant-Commander George Watkins flies from Edwards Air Base in California to a world record absolute altitude within the atmosphere of 76, 932 feet in a Grumman F11 F-1 Tiger.
14.
The current absolute altitude record for manned balloon flight was set at 34, 668 m ( 113, 739 ft ) on 4 May 1961 by USS " Antietam " in the Gulf of Mexico.
15.
He was a member of the hot air balloon flight for the absolute altitude record ( 10, 064 m, Nov . 27, 2006 ), the distance and duration records ( Mar 3, 2007 ) in Lithuania.
16.
One Astir ( now residing at the Steven F . Udvar-Hazy Center ), flown by Robert Harris, broke the world absolute altitude record at 49, 009 ft ( 14, 938 m ) on 17 February 1986.
17.
The Lama possesses exceptional high altitude performance; on 21 June 1972, the type established a helicopter absolute altitude record of 12, 442 m ( 40, 814 ft ), a record which remained unbroken as of January 2017.
18.
The maiden flight of 23 11 took place on 10 June 1967, flown by the famous MiG test pilot Alexander Vasilevich Fedotov ( who set the absolute altitude record in 1977 in a MiG-25 " Foxbat " ).
19.
On 21 June 1972, a Lama with a single pilot ( Jean Boulet ) aboard established a helicopter absolute altitude record of 12, 442 m ( 40, 814 ft ), a record which still stands as of November 2016.
20.
Shortly after its introduction, the Phantom set 16 world records, including an absolute speed record of 1, 606.342 miles per hour ( 2, 585.086 km / h ), and an absolute altitude record of 98, 557 feet ( 30, 040 m ).
