Jun 11 1951

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Navy D-558-II Douglas Skyrocket, flown by test pilot William Bridgeman, set a new unofficial airplane speed and altitude record at Edwards AFB, Muroc Dry Lake, Calif.; speed estimated at more than 1,200 mph ; altitude estimated 70,000 feet.

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