Flightdeck Friday: On the Road Again…

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Traveling again for the next few days so posting will, perforce, be light.  Stay tuned, couple of major announcements when we return that will have some influence around these parts in the coming year.  In the meantime, a couple of golden oldies for your consideration over the weekend:

Phantom Records – 5 Dec 1961: Commander George W. Ellis piloted an F4H Phantom II on another world record, surpassing the existing record for altitude sustained in horizontal flight with a height of 66,443.8 feet over Edwards Air Force Base.  Other Phantom Records and the YF4H-1.

7 December – Remembering Pearl Harbor: Flightdeck Friday: “Air Raid Pearl Harbor.  This is Not A Drill.”*

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