Lieutenant (?), USAF. Candidate for MOL-1. He was a member of Class 63A of the ARPS at Edwards AFB, California. While attending ARPS, 28-year-old Lt. Patrick Henry, Jr., U.S. Navy, AFSC, AFFTC, then residing in Triangle, Virginia, was scheduled to fly two zoom-climb maneuvers in the stubby-winged Lockheed F-104A Starfighter (56-0764) as part of the curriculum on June 15,1964. The second zoom mission at 10:20 was routine in all respects except at the peak of the zoom. The radar plot showed Henry's initial climb angle at 45 degrees gradually increasing to 52 degrees near the peak of the maneuver at 83,000 feet (25,298 m). As the nose of the F-104 fell through the peak of the zoom the aircraft yawed to the left at around 135 degrees. The nose nearly leveled then yawed right and the aircraft entered a flat spin. Lt. Henry attempted spin recovery with the aircraft rotating at one revolution every six seconds. Several engine air-starts were attempted as he passed through 65,000 feet (19,812 m), but were unsuccessful. At 35,000 feet (10,058 m) he selected take-off flaps with no effect. Spinning through 25,000 feet (7,620 m) the drag chute was deployed, also with negligible effect. Henry ejected successfully at 4,000 feet (1,219 m) and was immediately rescued uninjured by helicopter.