Jul 4 1973
From The Space Library
L/C Charles H. Manning (USAF, R.) flew his HU-16B Albatross aircraft from Homestead Air Force Base, Fla., to a new record altitude for an amphibian aircraft, 9600 m (31500 ft) . The previous record had been held by Boris Sergievsky, who flew a Sikorsky S-43 amphibian from Stratford, Conn., to 7600 m (24 950 ft) April 14, 1936. (NAA News, 8/73, 2)
A Kennedy Space Center ceremony celebrated the Center's selection by the Bicentennial Commission of Florida as a historic site on the Bicentennial Trail. Florida Lt. Gov. Tom Adams presented a Bicentennial flag to NASA. (KSC Release 147-73; KSC PIO)
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