Bell Aircraft Corporation test pilot Jack Woolams, standing, established an unofficial U.S. altitude record when he climbed to 47,600 feet in a prototype YP-59A Airacomet jet aircraft at Edwards AFB on December 15, 1943. (U.S. Air Force)
Bell Aircraft Corporation test pilot Jack Woolams, standing, established an unofficial U.S. altitude record when he climbed to 47,600 feet in a prototype YP-59A Airacomet jet aircraft at Edwards AFB on December 15, 1943. (U.S. Air Force)