ROBINSONR.-B.-Lieutenant-Colonel-USMC-with-Operation-Skyburner-YF4H-1-Phantom-II-Bu.-No.-142260-2 2

Published on in 22 November 1961Full resolution (755 × 960)

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bradford Robinson II, U.S. Marine Corps, with the McDonnell YF4H-1 Phantom II, Bu. No. 142260, with which he set a world absolute speed record, 22 November 1961. Colonel Robinson is wearing a Goodrich Mark IV full-pressure suit for protection at high altitudes. (U.S. Navy)

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