At the highest point of their flight, the Vigilante was flying so ... the Air Medal. Their altitude record would stand for over 13 years. As for the Vigilante, it was later redesignated as the ...

The Guinness World Record for highest flying insect is held ... They did this at regular intervals to assess maximum flight ...

The flight ended in disaster when the balloon ... At a height of 102,800 feet -- a new altitude record -- Capt. Kittinger jumped from his gondola. He survived the longest free fall and the longest ...

where it performed a salute flyover and formation flight. National aviation altitude record Since entering the inventory of ...

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The record-setting flight proved not only to be a fight with ... clears telephone wires at the end of the runway by only 20 feet. 8:52am - Altitude: 500 ft. Wind velocity: 0 mph.