1956: MACKAY TROPHY. At Edwards AFB, Capt Iven C. Kincheloe sets an altitude record for manned flight by flying the Bell X-2 rocket-powered aircraft to 126,000 feet. He later receives the Mackay Trophy.
1956: MACKAY TROPHY. At Edwards AFB, Capt Iven C. Kincheloe sets an altitude record for manned flight by flying the Bell X-2 rocket-powered aircraft to 126,000 feet. He later receives the Mackay Trophy.