Jack Woolams establishes an altitude record

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. (Courtesy Photo)

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