# "THE RECORD BREAKING PHANTOM II " F-4 FIGHTER MCDONNELL AIRCRAFT PROMO FILM 81264

Made by the McDonnell Corporation (before it became McDonnell Douglas), THE RECORD BREAKING PHANTOM II presents the story of the F-4 Phantom, a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy. The aircraft first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force, and by the mid-1960s had become a major part of their respective air wings. The film begins with an overview of the F-4, including its ability to carry tremendous numbers of stores, an ability to operate from both WWII type aircraft carriers and super carriers. At 2:40 the film begins to look at the Phantom's assault on various aviation performance records. At 3:00 , Project Top Flight which proved the airplane's incredible climbing ability, is shown from Edwards Air Force Base. Commander Lawrence Earl Flint, Jr., set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Altitude to 30,040 meters (98,556 feet). This was just short of the arbitrary 100,000 feet (30,480 meters) that delineated the beginning of space at the time. Diving back through 70,000 feet (21,336 meters), Flint restarted the engines and flew back to Edwards. Other closed course flights are seen at 7:00 to establish speed records with the aircraft over the Salton Sea from Edwards AFB. The plane with Col. Thomas Miller at the controls flew at 1216 mph…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/81264TheRecordBreakingPhantomII)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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