1962-Contin ued

21 February The F4H-l Phantom II established new

world records for climb to 3,000 and 6,000 meters with

times of 34.52 and 48.78 seconds. Lieutenant

Commander John W. Young and Commander David

M. Longton piloted the plane on its respective record

flights at NAS Brunswick, Maine.

1 March New world climb records to 9,000 and

12,000 meters were established at NAS Brunswick,

Maine, when an F4H-l piloted by Lieutenant

Colonel William C. McGraw, USMC, reached those

altitudes from a standing start in 61.62 and 77.15

seconds, respectively.

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3 March The F4H-l continued its assault on time-to-

climb records at NAS Brunswick, Maine, as Lieutenant

Commander Del W. Nordberg piloted the Phantom II

to an altitude of 15,000 meters in 114.54 seconds.

31 March Lieutenant Commander F. Taylor Brown

piloted the F4H-l Phantom II at NAS Point Mugu,

Calif., to a new world time-to-climb record for 20,000

meters with a time of 178.5 seconds.

3 April Lieutenant Commander John W. Young pilot-

ed the F4H-l to its seventh world time-to-climb record

by reaching 25,000 meters in 230.44 seconds at NAS

Point Mugu, Calif.

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F4H-1 completed time-to-climb record sweep in project high jump

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