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	F104
		The Starfighter was the first aircraft to hold simultaneous official world records for speed, altitude and time-to-climb.
		On May 18, 1958, an F-104A set a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph, and on December 14, 1959, an F-104C set a world altitude record of 103,395 feet.
		Jacqueline went on to establish a Women's National Altitude Record in 1939, flying to an altitude of over 30,000 feet and setting an International Speed Record of just over 305 miles per hour.
	avstop.com /news/F104.html

	Amelia Earhart Putnam: An Aviatrix Celebrated!: Aviation History: Wings Over Kansas
		A participant in the National Air Races during the 1920's, she was the first woman to make a non-stop transcontinental flight in 1932 and set several non-stop transcontinental speed records.
		Amelia Earhart Putnam was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame on December 17, 1968 for outstanding contributions to aviation by her dedicated promotion of the interests of women in flying, setting of numerous records in the air, and pioneering in transcontinental and transoceanic flights.
		In 1933 she became the first woman to pilot an autogiro, setting an altitude record and also making a solo exhibition tour across the country.
	www.wingsoverkansas.com /history/article.asp?id=238

	B.Binnie
		His 4 October 2004 flight was the first to exceed the maximum altitude record set by Joseph Walker in an X-15 on 22 August 1963.
		3) Flight 17P, 4 October 2004, X-Prize winning flight, breaking the X-15 altitude record
		2) Flight 11P, 17 December 2003, first powered test, first civilian aircraft to exceed the sound barrier
	www.worldspaceflight.com /bios/b/binnie-b.htm

	USATODAY.com - Two laps around Antarctica set balloon record
		The data recorder from the TIGER balloon and the parachue that lowered it from a balloon settle onto the ice near McMurdo Station.
		The thin polyethylene balloon was launched from McMurdo on Dec. 21 and orbited the continent at an altitude of about 125,000 feet for 31 days and 20 hours.
		"I can say for sure if I talk about balloon flight hours, collectively this is more," he said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/science/cold-science/2002-02-01-balloon.htm

	SpaceShipOne
		Objectives of the flight were to win the Ansari X-Prize and break the rocketplane altitude record set by the X-15 in 1963.
		SpaceShipOne was a three-place, high-altitude research rocketplane, designed for sub-orbital flights to 100 km altitude.
		During a portion of the boost, the flight director display was inoperative, however the pilot continued the planned trajectory referencing the external horizon.
	www.astronautix.com /craft/spaipone.htm

	The American Experience Lindbergh Aviation Milestones (1937-1989)
		During the flight Hughes averaged a speed of 332 miles per hour.
		During the flight Hughes averaged a speed of 332 mile per hour.
		The "Glamorous Glennis," named after Yeager's wife, reached a speed of 967 miles per hour, Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 70,140 feet.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/lindbergh/timeline/index_2.html

	Scientific American: Article:The Lure of Icarus: October 1997
		These vehicles could stretch the altitude record to 30.5 kilometers (100,000 feet) and, at a somewhat lower altitude, serve as a kind of poor-man's satellite, spending months observing both the earth and the sky while roving the stratosphere on solar power by day and battery power by night.
		Battling a head wind that added an unanticipated hour to the flight, he powered his way across the 35-kilometer channel in 169 minutes.
		Kremer knew that it was Louis Blériot's 1909 flight across the English Channel that ignited Europe's passion for planes.
	www.unb.ca /web/transpo/mynet/1097carlson.html

	ADC.doc
		FDR (Flight Data Recorder): Complex "crash proof" instrument fitted to airline aircraft to continuously record operating parameters during flight.
		Differs from altitude in that the latter is based on actual barometric altimeter setting for a particular area or airport.
		Altitude: Height of aircraft as shown on altimeter adjusted to local barometric pressure.
	www.pilotlanding.com /airdisaster/ADC.doc

	flight data recorder for aviation
		The Midé/PSI Flight Data Recorder (FDR) is a low-cost, lightweight, autonomous, user-friendly flight data recorder that simplifies record-keeping and instruction.
		In either configuration, the FDR unit uses a Flash Memory card to record aircraft position, altitude (GPS and pressure), 3-axis magnetic heading, 3-axis acceleration, time, temperature, cockpit acoustics and intercom (audio recording can be switched on or off, as desired).
		The flight path display shows the relative heading of the aircraft, which is not to scale.
	www.mide.com /pdf_html/Flight_Data_Recorder.htm (546 words)

	Fly-Low Publications Aviation News
		After setting the transcontinental speed record in Woodstock, the LW5 Autogiro designed by Ron Herron of Little Rock, AR., and later, the world distance, altitude and time-to-climb records in the same ship, it was now time for an assault on a closed-course world speed record held by my friend and mentor Ken Wallis.
		Amid the smiles and handshakes, it begins to settle in my thoughts and this little flying machine in which I sit for a lingering moment is now the holder of every possible type of performance record that can be set with any class of aircraft: speed, range, altitude and time to climb.
		A speed flight is a demanding cliffhanger from start to finish.
	www.fly-low.com /feat0505/andy.html (546 words)

	STEVE FOSSETT, CHEYENNE CATAMARAN AND THE JULES VERNE TROPHY AROUND THE WORLD IN 58 DAYS 9 HOURS: SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER: ELLEN MACARTHUR: CLAIRE FRANCIS: SIR ALEC ROSE: JOSHUA SLOCUM AND THE FIRST SOLO WORLD NAVIGATION, RECORDED AS SAILING ALONE A
		After 11 years of spectacular record success (see below) he has decided to focus on key 2004-2005 projects in aviation (altitude, speed and distance gliding plus the round the world solo airplane) as well as other new (as yet undisclosed) sporting projects on land and in the air.
		He holds 21 world sailing records and made the first round-the-world manned balloon flight in 2002.
		In 2004 he, as skipper, set the world record for fastest circumnavigation of the world in his sailboat Cheyenne with a crew of 13.
	www.solarnavigator.net /steve_fossett.htm (546 words)

	US Commemorative Cover Louise Thaden with Information Card
		In March 1929, she set a solo flight endurance record for women of over 22 hours.
		On December 7 of that year, Thaden reached an altitude of over 20,000 feet - bringing the world's altitude record for women to the United States for the first time.
		The next month she set a women's speed record of 156 mph, becoming the first and only woman ever to hold all three records simultaneously.
	www.unicover.com /EA8RDL5T.HTM (546 words)

	high altitude balloon rides
		are flown on high altitude, long duration balloon flights...
		Your altitude will vary during your flight, but...
		were hoping to beat the world altitude record of 11,500 feet but...
	www.hotairballoons-now.info /highaltitudeballoonrides (583 words)

	History
		The initial requirement of these newly mandated data recorders was to record the actual flight conditions of the aircraft, i.e., heading, altitude, airspeed, vertical accelerations, and time.
		Flight recorders have changed in design and airline usefulness over the past 40 years.
		One of the greatest safety inventions for the commercial airline industry has been the crash protected flight recorder, more commonly called the “Black Box.” Today, flight recorders for accident investigation are mandatory pieces of equipment in civil aircraft.
	www.l-3ar.com /html/history.html (583 words)

	SpaceShipOne
		Objectives of the flight were to win the Ansari X-Prize and break the rocketplane altitude record set by the X-15 in 1963.
		During a portion of the boost, the flight director display was inoperative, however the pilot continued the planned trajectory referencing the external horizon.
		Flight aborted to downwind for an uneventful landing.
	astronautix.com /craft/spaipone.htm (4659 words)

	Welcome to Cambridge Aero Instruments
		Standing alone, it provides secure flight recording which meets the highest technical requirements of the IGC, and when used with the Cambridge 303 display it provides GPS position, altitude, and ground speed data in a convenient, cost effective panel mounted configuration.
		GPS NAV 10, 20, and 25 Flight Recorders
		Pilots declaring for world record flights will be required to use a flight recorder which has an a symmetrical security system and RSA security checks such as the Cambridge 302.
	www.cambridge-aero.com (4659 words)

	Speed Machines
		Most of the SR-71 fleet has now been retired, except for two Blackbirds currently on loan to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center where the aircraft are being used as "test beds" for high altitude research.
		In 1980, the previous water speed record holder, Lee Taylor, tried to reclaim his title in a 2.5 million dollar rocket-boat called "Discovery II." The missile-shaped craft was constructed of aluminum, titanium and stainless steel and was powered by a rocket engine that burned hydrogen peroxide fuel.
		Two days later the first ever supersonic World Land Speed Record was made official when the ThrustSSC completed two runs within an hour at an average speed of 763.035mph.
	www.cojoweb.com /speed-machines.html (1361 words)

	Errors and Omissions Excluded - 1st Private Sub-orbital Flight Test on Monday 21th June 2004
		They've already raised the private craft altitude record to over 210,000ft.
		Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites company will try for a suborbital flight next Monday, with their experimental craft SpaceShipOne.
		1st Private Sub-orbital Flight Test on Monday 21th June 2004
	stephbu.homedns.org /blog/PermaLink,guid,42ed06f9-9a09-460c-b466-76fa644deb80.aspx (1361 words)

	Record Setting Balloon Flights
		Hot Air Altitude Record Flight in 1980 - In 1980, Nott builds the world's second pressurized cabin for a hot air balloon, designed with Roger Munk, and pilots it to 55,134 feet from Longmont, Colorado.
		Ballooning World Records - Official FAI site listing all current balloon and airship world records.
		Pibal World Record - OK, it's not your typical world record, but there was a hot air ballon there...
	www.blastvalve.com /Extreme_Flying/Record_Setting/index.shtml (1361 words)

	Dryden Flight Research Center
		The Center is rightly proud of its participation in the solar-powered aircraft Helios prototype, which recently set an altitude record at 96,863 feet and made a run as a candidate for one of aviation's greatest prizes, the Collier Trophy.
		While Dryden is known primarily for its flight test capabilities, closer inspection of these technologies led to the development of an office devoted to the full-time protection and dissemination of these valuable assets.
		Dryden engineers pioneered DFCS, and the 30th anniversary of the first flight of Dryden's F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire aircraft was May 25, 2002.
	www.sti.nasa.gov /tto/spinoff2002/dryden.html (1178 words)

	ASIANOW - Asiaweek
		The two flight recorders may shine some light on the crash, though as the mourners gathered, one "black box" was still missing.
		Singapore Airlines, which owns SilkAir, says the jet was well-maintained -- as one would expect from a carrier with an enviable safety record.
		On the evening of Dec. 30, more than 8,000 people gathered at the Singapore Indoor Stadium to remember the 104 people who died in the crash of SilkAir Flight MI 185 eleven days before.
	www-cgi.cnn.com /ASIANOW/asiaweek/98/0109/nat5.html (1178 words)

	Private spaceship sets altitude record [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com
		Shortly after his flight, a very excited Melvill told CNN that seeing the sky go from blue to black was the thrill of his life.
		And paying for flights is exactly what Rutan and his company are banking on.
		"We continue to make remarkable progress with the SpaceShipOne test flights," Allen said in a statement issued after Thursday's flight.
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-65403.html (778 words)

	Aviation Records - Improvements to Aircraft Design bring Speed and Endurance Records, 1929-1931
		While flight at high altitudes was undertaken first by military pilots testing new frontiers in military aviation, in the longer view it meant that high altitude commercial air traffic could fly clear of the low altitude clutter of planes in the air, with the added benefit of lower fuel consumption for point to point flights.
		The flight is a reminder of the mixture of opportunism and meticulous planning that made aviation's early record-breaking flights possible.
		It was won in 1931 by Lowell R. Bayles of Springfield, Massachusetts in the Granville Brothers' Gee Bee, which set a new record for a closed course race of 236.2 mph.
	www.daileyint.com /flying/flywar1.htm (5440 words)

	NASA - Helios
		In August, 2001, the lightweight solar-electric aircraft had reached an official world record altitude for non-rocket powered aircraft of 96,863 feet during a maximum-altitude flight from PMRF, the first of two major flight milestones set for the craft by NASA under ERAST.
		The aircraft then underwent major upgrades, including the installation of high-efficiency solar cell arrays across the wing, navigation and emergency lights, improved avionics and more efficient propellers, prior to its record altitude flight in 2001.
		The Helios Prototype aircraft involved in the mishap was a proof-of-concept solar electric- powered flying wing designed to operate at high altitudes for long duration flight.
	www.nasa.gov /centers/dryden/news/ResearchUpdate/Helios/index.html (795 words)

	Daedalus went far; Perseus aims high - MIT News Office
		Langford expects it to break the world altitude record for unmanned aircraft of 67,028 feet (12.7 miles) and the record for altitude in horizontal flight by an airplane of 85,069 feet (16.1 miles).
		The role of the aircraft Perseus, Dr. Langford said, is to change the thinking-in a somewhat more genteel manner-of the scientific and aviation bureaucracy, which until now has given a cold stare to the idea of unmanned high altitude flight.
		He now heads Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., a small aircraft company based in Manassas, VA, that built the new aircraft for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at a cost of about $1.5 million.
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1993/daedalus-0106.html (795 words)

	Steve Fossett Challenges Gliding
		Perlan's objectives in the Sierra Nevada mountain range this month are to complete high and cold testing of the aircraft, navigation and support systems - and to break the 17-year old glider absolute altitude record - one of the most important records in gliding.
		The 'Perlan Project' high altitude glider research project announced over the weekend that 2003 flights have now ended and that next season's flights are planned for June-September 2004.
		But the Perlan Project team expect better conditions tomorrow (Sunday, March 16th) and record-setting balloonist, sailor and aviator Fossett and former NASA test pilot Enevoldson plan to enter the graceful Perlan research glider (wearing rather less graceful full NASA pressure suits) shortly before noon Sunday - with plans (weather permitting) for a 5 hour flight.
	www.stevefossett.com /html/main_pages/gliding.html (5306 words)

	X-2
		Iven C. Kincheloe (USAF) set new unofficial altitude record for manned flight at Edwards AFB, Calif., piloting a Bell X-2 rocket-powered aircraft to a height of 38,491 m, top speed Mach 1.7.
		Following flight, plane returned to Bell plant for extensive modifications to landing gear system to prevent further landing accidents and for installation of its rocket engine.
		X-2 was an AAF/ Bell project that flew three supersonic flight research aircraft, powered by liquid rockets.
	www.astronautix.com /craft/x2.htm (711 words)

	X-2
		Iven C. Kincheloe (USAF) set new unofficial altitude record for manned flight at Edwards AFB, Calif., piloting a Bell X-2 rocket-powered aircraft to a height of 38,491 m, top speed Mach 1.7.
		Following flight, plane returned to Bell plant for extensive modifications to landing gear system to prevent further landing accidents and for installation of its rocket engine.
		X-2 was an AAF/ Bell project that flew three supersonic flight research aircraft, powered by liquid rockets.
	www.astronautix.com /craft/x2.htm (706 words)

	NASA - Past Projects - Helios Prototype
		Achieved Record Altitude of 96,863 feet on an almost 17-hour flight.
		Low-altitude maiden checkout flight, the first of six flights to validate Helios' airworthiness.
		Unfortunately, the program suffered a major setback when the Helios experienced control difficulties while on a checkout flight on June 26, 2003, and the aircraft suffered some structural failures and was subsequently destroyed when it fell into the Pacific Ocean about 10 miles west of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
	www.nasa.gov /centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/Erast/helios.html (982 words)

	Women at The Woodlawn Cemetery -
		Ruth Nichols was the holder of a host of aviation firsts and records: besting Charles Lindberg's transcontinental speed record (1930); establishing a new women's flight altitude record (1935); creating a new women's flight speed record (1930); establishing a new women's flight distance record; and becoming the first woman pilot for a commercial airline.
		Over 10,000 people paid tribute to her at the funeral chapel and when she was laid to rest a plane flew over The Woodlawn Cemetery dropping rose petals on her grave.
		Her early work includes the "Aztec Fountain" (1912) for the Pan American Union Building and the Titanic Memorial (1914), both in Washington, D.C., and a number of memorial pieces inspired by her hospital work near the battlefields during World War I, including the "Washington Heights War Memorial"(1921) in New York City.
	www.thewoodlawncemetery.com /women.html (4047 words)

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