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Title: For the F-104 fans
Post by: VWE on November 17, 2007, 10:40:08 AM

Its amazing how fast it accelerates... http://youtube.com/watch?v=oLnW-K_2dEw&feature=related

Title: For the F-104 fans
Post by: DYNAMITE on November 17, 2007, 10:47:07 AM

cool vid :aok

Title: For the F-104 fans
Post by: Saxman on November 17, 2007, 11:35:51 AM

Love the nicknames they gave her. Flying lawn dart comes to mind. :D

Title: For the F-104 fans
Post by: Shaky on November 17, 2007, 11:42:11 AM

One I heard back in the '70s was "Kraut Killer". Think it was from when the West German Air Force first tried to hand air to mud ordie on it and crashed a few.

Title: For the F-104 fans
Post by: Dago on November 17, 2007, 11:59:09 AM

Nice video, thanks

Title: For the F-104 fans
Post by: Angus on November 17, 2007, 01:00:06 PM

Oddly enough, I know 2 F-104 Veterans. One a Wingco, the other ... more.
BTW, the Wingco was a diehard Tornado-fan. His words were that if you want effect and targets hit, it's still the Tornado. Well, that was ,,almost 4 years ago.

Title: For the F-104 fans
Post by: VWE on November 17, 2007, 01:02:38 PM

The Tornado will never be as sexy as the F-104...

Title: For the F-104 fans
Post by: Phaser11 on November 17, 2007, 06:04:33 PM

F-104 Star fighter, One of the centaury series of fighters was also known as the " Widow Maker" Had some landing gear issues, like sometime they did not work.

Title: For the F-104 fans
Post by: LePaul on November 17, 2007, 06:21:38 PM

There's an F-104 being converted to static display just down the road from me.  Its supposed to arrive in December.  Its one of my favorite planes and I can't wait for it to show up and take some photos, I know the aircraft owner.

These planes had razor sharp wings  :)

There's a lot of good reads about the F-104 out on the web.  The West Germans had a huge loss rate with these aircraft due to the difficulty level in flying these things.  If you like to see more videos, search around for the Starfighters aerobatic team, which flies 104s.

Probably the most addictive thing about this airplane to me is the shrill of the engines as they taxi around and take off.