 He also set a time-to-climb record of 904.92 seconds.USAF Major Robert W. Smith, flying NF-104A 56-0756, set an unofficial world altitude record of on 15 November 1963, and on 6 December 1963 he flew the same aircraft to another unofficial altitude record of .Jacqueline Cochran, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve, flew TF-104G N104L to set three women's world's speed records