Cool video of a pilot friend performing a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter test flight in Florida. He's a former Italian military pilot...much respect. There's additional videos of him flying and giving instructions about the F-104 on his YT channel. As well as some good hearted adventures too.
#F104
FR: "#Pistorius besteht auf F-35-Kampfjets als #Abschreckung gegen Putin."
https://www.fr.de/politik/pistorius-besteht-auf-35-kampfjets-als-abschreckung-gegen-putin-zr-93679353.html
Abgesehen von US-Klauseln im Kaufvertrag und Kinderkranheiten des Jets: die F-35 hat nur EIN Triebwerk - wie einst der #F104 #Starfighter, der massenweise abstürzte, u.a. weil die Jet Engine ausfiel:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfighter-Aff%C3%A4re
Plus de 4 millions de dollars pour un Starfighter à remettre en état de vol, le marché des avions de collection est plein de surprises.
#Warbird #F104 #Starfighter #A26Invader #Collection
https://www.aerobuzz.fr/breves-aviation-generale/un-cf-104d-starfighter-a-vendre/
A neat bit of history: an RCAF CF-104 Starfighter sporting a Red Ensign on its tail.
Showcase-Sunday: Luftwaffe Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (Academy, 1/72) Build OOB, more: https://www.scratchbaer.de/aircraft/germany/post-ww2/lockheed-f-104-starfighter/
Qual'è il vostro caccia preferito e perché proprio l'F-104 Starfighter?
Luftwaffe 21+69 Lockheed Starfighter F-104G. This Messerschmitt-produced Starfighter is being kept in excellent condition by the apprentice shop of TaktLwGeschw 31 Boelcke in Nörvenich and is only very rarely viewable by the public. This photo was taken at the invite-only family and friends celebration of the squadron's 60th anniversary. #avgeek #aviation #luftwaffe #f104 #starfighter #military #planes #airforce #aircraft #photography (Instagram 15.09.2018)
A Lockheed F-104!
I was just chatting with a friend about the Vietnam War and how these pointy birds weren’t the designed and saw a lot of combat losses during the war. On takeoff, the afterburners would blowout left and right. In Europe, instead of flying high and fast like interceptors, they were flown like low-flying bomber.
The primitive avionics and fighter pilots themselves were so overburdened with information that both suffered from burnout and high turnover. Just an all around terrible plane to fly, and the only American-built fighter jet to be pulled from service over safety concerns.
I can think of no higher honour for an F-104 than being nothing more than a weathered sculpture in a public park. X3
La Burle, la version franchouillarde du triangle des Bermudes. - Nouveau dossier aéronautique sur : https://www.avionslegendaires.net/dossier/recits/la-burle-la-version-franchouillarde-du-triangle-des-bermudes
#accidentdavions #ardèche #dh104 #dossier #dove #f100 #f104 #fregate #halifax #hauteloire #histoiredelaviation #javelin #laburle #loire #n262 #starfighter #supersabre #triangledesbermudes #ufologie #histoiredelaviation #dossiers
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter BelAF FX60 #photography #aircraft #airplanes #avgeek #aviation #deutschland #f104 #f104g #flugsammlungjunior #germany #hermeskeil #lockheed #museum #planes #starfighter #highlight (Flickr 02.08.2018) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/43105385134
L'Inverno e la Rosa: F-104S: i luoghi comuni non vanno a Mach 2! #F104 #aeromodellismo #aeronauticamilitare https://invernoerosa.blogspot.com/2023/04/f-104s-i-luoghi-comuni-non-vanno-mach-2.html
first 1:48 plane in 20 years #hasegawa #f104 #scalemodel
that pitot tube was broken several times and made a little mess in the nose as well 😂
Lockheed F-104G Starfighters, one of the most iconic Cold War aircraft.
Seen here are West German 26+49 and 20+02 mounted with Zero Length Launcher at MHM Gatow and Danish R-756 at the Midland Air Museum
Lockheed F-104D Starfighter https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/8600921046 #photography #lockheed #f104 #f104d #starfighter
I have sacrificed a servo to the RC F1 gods.
Maybe it will make the kit ship sooner?
Dans le film « L'Étoffe des Héros » on voit #ChuckYeager prendre un #F104 #Starfighter pour tenter de battre un record d'altitude russe sur le pouce & sans autorisation.
Dans la réalité l'#USAF avait missionné Yeager et préparé un #F104 en lui adjoignant un moteur fusée.
La tentative de record s'est toutefois terminée de la même façon dans la fiction comme dans la réalité.
https://mamot.fr/media/ozSE4W0VPikusRZsriU https://mamot.fr/media/VGVG91b6ZIexC2IWwm8
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