#F-104D Starfighter

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This is the F-104D Starfighter recently acquired by the MAPS Air Museum at Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio. It was damaged by a tornado in February at the Air Force Museum. The damage is not that bad, but they were going to scrap it. The restoration crew at MAPS will make it look like new. They do have the wings, too.

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The scientist can switch the scoop doors open or closed at designated times to collect air samples on separate filters inside the wing-mounted system.

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The DART device is cylindrical, about 7 feet long, and has a series of scoops in its nosecone that are controlled by a scientist sitting in the jet’s co-pilot seat. “Once we understand the time and spatial distribution of the microbes in the dust, we can begin to model health risk for agricultural crops, forests, estuaries, animals, and human populations in cities,” he said. each year, approximately 50 million metric tons annually, and very little is known about the microbial diversity in that dust, in general, but also in particular whether they’re plant, animal or human pathogens.Previous dust collection devices were deployed on tops of tall buildings or towers, but never able to fly through several layers of dust, as does the DART device -strapped under the F-104’s wing. UF/IFAS Photo by Tyler JonesĪccordingly to IFAS NEWS Schuerger said that There’s a tremendous amount of African dust that comes into the U.S. Andrew Schuerger’s Dart technology at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013. Three are two-seat TF-104G and the other two are F-104S versions built by Fiat for the Italian Air Force in the late 1970s. In summer 2011 the company acquired five additional aircraft. in the early 1990s.In recent years the company has cut back on air show appearances as they have transitioned to using their aircraft for government and private contract work, providing high-performance photo chase planes on flight tests, simulating enemy aircraft in military defense exercises, and modelling ballistic missiles for detection system evaluation. The aircraft were originally operated with the Royal Canadian Air Force and all later served with the Royal Norwegian Air Force before being imported into the U.S. Initially their CF-104s consisted of a two-seat CF-104D Serial#:104632 (registered as N104RB), and two single-seat CF-104s Serial#s: 104850 (registered as N104RD) and 104759 (registered as N104RN). Starfighters Inc, based in Clearwater, Florida, began as a private venture to restore and fly three former Canadair CF-104 Starfighters at air shows across the United States and Canada. The maiden flight of the device, known as Dust at Altitude Recovery Technology or DART, was flown on an F-104 Starfighter jet Tuesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. A University of Florida researcher is exploring whether the latest plant, animal or human health threats will come from the sky.Īccordingly to IFAS NEWS (The University Of Florda News website) using the first ever high-altitude sampling device designed to collect microorganisms from the upper atmosphere, Andrew Schuerger, an aerobiologist with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, will examine the massive dust clouds that roll into Florida from Africa each year. In fact Starfighters Aerospace is now able to provide services to a broad range of clients that go from University projects/experiments to complex Engineering R&D scenarios or DoD supporting missions. Recently the company has worked hard to move away from the air show circuit in order to focus on offering its services to the commercial space flight context. Many aviation enthusiast had witness the “The Missile With a Man In It” flying in American air shows for years. Jones.įlorida based Starfighters Aerospace has been know for years to make hundred of thousand F-104 Starfighter fans around the world happy for keeping this beautiful jet in the air. The DART is the red, cylindrical device shown attached to the jet. An F-104 Starfighter jet lands at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on Tuesday after completing the maiden flight of a device known as Dust at Altitude Recovery Technology, or DART, which is being used to sample African dust in Florida’s atmosphere for potential pathogens of humans, plants and animals.

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57-1323 1959 Lockheed F-104D Starfighter USAF Pima Air & Space Museum 25.06.99 by Phil Rawlings Via Flickr: Constructed as a F-104D-10-LO by Lockheed at Burbank in 1959. Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with serial 57-1323 on 10.04.59. August 1972 transferred to 156th Tactical Fighter Group, PR. 19.08.75 transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FB0054. To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. In August 1978 loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

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There's A Supersonic CF-104D Starfighter For Sale: $850,000 USD

There's A Supersonic CF-104D Starfighter For Sale: $850,000 USD #warbird #fighterjet #jet #plane #starfighter #pilot #usaf #airforce #flight #flying

The CF-104D Starfighter is the Canadian-built version of the legendary Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, an aircraft remembered today as the first production aircraft to reach Mach 2, and the first aircraft to reach an altitude of 100,000 feet (after taking off under its own power). It’s not often that we see 100% airworthy supersonic fighter jets come up for sale, particularly not for well under…

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"Norwegian Starfighter"

Starfighter #104637 is a 1962 CF-104D built by Canadair. She was delivered to the Canadian Air Force in May ’62 and then transferred to the Royal Norwegian Air Force in June ’73 and finally phased-out in 1983. She then resided in the Bodo Air Museum. the Norwegian Starfighter Association acquired the Starfighter and after 13 years of hard work she flew again Sept. 28th, 2016 and remains the only airworthy Starfighter in Europe.

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CF-104D Starfighter #637 (LN-STF)  is the only flying Starfighter in Europe

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CENTURY HUNTING: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

Giordani By Giordani 08/19/2017 - 19:03 in History, Military

An F-104 Starfighter armed with two Sidewinder AIM-9J missiles. Starfighter had a very short career with USAF. (Photo: 69th Tactical Fighter Squadron Training)

The so-called Century Series of jet fighters covered six models operated by the USAF with the military designations from F-100 to F-106. They stood out during the 50s and 60s.

F-104 #4The small Lockheed F-104 Starfighter represents the most used and probably best known aircraft model of the "Century" series. He was still in service in the mid-1980s, working in air forces around the world, although his days were already numbered as an operational fighter.

Designed initially for daytime hunting functions, the prototype first flew on February 7, 1954. Like many other devices of the same time, they faced numerous problems in their initial phase. On one occasion, no less than 52 Starfighters were in tests. After overcoming the difficulties, the F-104A entered service in the 83rd Interception Fighter Squadron in January 1958, but, as early as April, it had to remain on the ground due to a series of accidents related to the impeller.

One of the largest operators of the F-104 was Germany. (Photo: Berrety)

German Air Force F-104 fighters lined up on the runway. The Luftwaffe was one of the largest operators of this beautiful jet.

For pilot training, Lockheed developed the TF-104G, biplace version. I didn't have the internal rotating cannon. (Photo: Belgian Air Force)

Reequipped with the 179-GE-3B engine, some problems were solved, but, in view of its short range and poor safety, it ceased to be among the U.S. frontline planes in 1960 and many of its remnants passed to the National Guard. The first multi-use model, the F-104C, served in the TAC (Tactical Air Command) for many

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F-104The number of F-104C aircraft manufactured did not exceed 77, becoming the last Starfighter that the American Air Force used in its operations. Some fought in Southeast Asia, although with a smaller turnout. The production of the F-104B and F-104D models, biplace versions of the F-104A and F-104C, respectively, reached the number of 47 devices manufactured.

F-104 in beautiful aerial outlet. (Photo: richard ferriere)

The definitive Starfighter, the F-104G, consisted of a multi-use device with a radar system optimized for both air-to-air and air-surface missions. The development of this variant began in 1958. Then, members of NATO, Canada and Japan imported them. He would become one of the most important fighters of the 1960s and the center of a scandal involving bribery in the 1970s.

The Starfighter fought in Vietnam between 1965 and 1967. Your combat record is not good at all: Seven lost aircraft, one shot down by a MiG and no enemies shot down. (Photo: 916th Starfighter)

F-104 #2The biplace model for training, known as "TF-104G" (CF-104D in Canada), had a partial firepower. Two other variants for training were essentially based on the F-104D: the F-104DJ, from Japan, and the F-104F, from West Germany. There is also the RF-104G, the recognition version of the F-

A beautiful image of three F-104 fighters of the Italian Air Force, the last country to remove the aircraft from operation, in 2004. (Photo: Katsuhiko Tokunaga)

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Lockheed F-104G Starfighter

9b05f31c3b33e785c29fe8ff61c1d36cType: Single-place multiple-job hunting.

Propulsion: A General Electric J79-GE-l1A turbojet of 4,536 kg of dry thrust and 7,167 kg with post-burner.

Performance: Maximum speed, 2,092 km/h at 12,190 m; Initial climb ratio, 12,495 m/min; Service ceiling, 16,765 m; Tactical radius, 1,110 km; Range, 3,200 km with maximum external fuel load.

Weights: Empty, 6,388 km; Maximum takeoff, 13,054 kg

Dimensions: Wingspan, 6.68 m; Length, 16.69 m; Height, 4.11 m; Wing area, 18.22 m2.

Armament: A 20 mm M61A1 Vulcan rotary cannon with multiple barrels and two AAM AIM 9 Sidewinder at the wing tips (or under the fuselage), plus 1,814 kg of external load.

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SOURCE: War Machines #35

EDITOR'S NOTE: For many, the best of all was the F-104S. The Germans lost almost half of their Starfighters in accidents. The plane became known by the nickname "Witman of widows"...

EDITOR'S NOTE2: The fear that the pilot, when ejecting, would be hit by the drift after the ejection was such that in the end the device ended up with a singular seat that ejected down, which proved deadly at low altitudes.

EDITOR'S NOTE3: Legend has it that the personnel in the maintenance cut themselves on the very sharp edge of attack of the wings. If it's true, I don't know, but I only know that it was a remarkable feat of engineering the construction of the wings. To increase the lift, the flaps had "venezianas" at the top and air bled from the engine was ejected there, increasing the air flow and consequently, the lift.

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Graduated in Business Administration, he is also an Aircraft Mechanic, but does not exercise the profession. Simply in love with aviation. You know in depth the history of military aviation and how much it has influenced world geopolitics. "If you do not know the Past, you will never be able to understand the Future"

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F-104 Starfighter

Design of the F-104 began in November 1952, as a result of the U.S. Air Force's requirement for a superior day fighter plane. The Air Force chose Lockheed's solution, the Starfighter.

The aircraft was quickly nicknamed "the missile with a man in it," since its long, thin fuselage and stubby wings resembled a missile more than a conventional aircraft. The F-104 was the first interceptor in service to be able to fly at sustained speeds above Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound).

The Starfighter’s design was radical for its time, as it was a small, straight-wing aircraft while most contemporary designs were much larger and featured swept-back wings.

The first F-104A deliveries took place on January 26, 1958. The planes were delivered to the 83d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. Soon afterward, pilots from this squadron set new world speed and altitude records.

On May 18, 1958, an F-104A set a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph, and on Dec. 14, 1959, an F-104C set a world altitude record of 103,395 feet. The Starfighter was the first aircraft to hold simultaneous official world records for speed, altitude and time-to-climb.

The major variants were the F-104B, a two-seat version of the F-104A, used as an operational trainer: the F-104C, modified for use by the Tactical Air Command with provision for inflight refueling: and the F-104D, a two-seat version of the F-104C.

Starfighters served in the Air Force until the early 1960s. A few saw service in Vietnam, and they were also used in Air National Guard units until 1975.

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USAF F-4D Phantom s/n 65-0698, Rockeye GRM, China Lake, 01 July 1971. Official U.S. Navy photo.

USAF F-4D Phantom s/n 66-7700 with Walleye and F-104D Starfighter chase s/n 57-1317, China Lake, 11 February 1971. Official U.S. Navy photo.

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USAF F-104D Starfighter s/n 57-1315

USAF F-104D Starfighter s/n 57-1315, inflight with project DIRTY shielded exhaust, China Lake, 01 Jun 1963. Official U.S. Navy photo.

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USAF F-104D Starfighter s/n 57-1314

USAF F-104D Starfighter s/n 57-1314, Project DIRTY, T-39 Sabreliner in the foreground, China Lake, 14 Jun 1963. Official U.S. Navy photo.

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Lockheed F-104D-5-LO "Starfighter" (sn 57-1315) at China Lake. There's a 'SysCom' badge on the intake trunk just aft of the fuselage star.

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USAF F-104D Starfighter s/n 57-1314 by G. Verver Via Flickr: USAF F-104D Starfighter s/n 57-1314, Project DIRTY, T-39 Sabreliner in the foreground, China Lake, 14 Jun 1963. Official U.S. Navy photo.

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USAF F-4D Phantom s/n 65-0698, Rockeye GRM, China Lake, 01 July 1971. Official U.S. Navy photo. by G. Verver Via Flickr: USAF F-4D Phantom s/n 66-7700 with Walleye and F-104D Starfighter chase s/n 57-1317, China Lake, 11 February 1971. Official U.S. Navy photo.