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Check Six; January 19, 1975 – 40 Years Ago

January 19, 2015

From the This Day in Aviation website

Major Roger J. Smith, United States Air Force, a test pilot assigned to the F-15 Joint Test Force at Edwards AFB, California, flew the  McDonnell Douglas F-15A-6-MC 72-0119, Streak Eagle, to its seventh Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and a U.S. National Aeronautic Association time-to-altitude record. From brake release at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, the F-15 reached 20,000 meters (65,616 feet) in 122.94 seconds.

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