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Old 15th Jan 2015, 20:34
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Official max chat on a F-4 at less than 200 ft 902 MPH, Operation Sageburner by a USN YF4H-1 in 1961.

Official FAI World Record at low altitude is 988.26 MPH by a civilian owned and highly modified F-104 in 1976, though the FAI have disbanded the class of record for turbojets since then. The F-104 in question did do an earlier record attempt where it is reckoned that it reached 1010 MPH, but the timing equipment failed so the record didn't stand.
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