The last starfighters
Derived from Lockheed's design studies on a "Super Starfighter", the F-104S was one of the most capable of the F-104 series, and destined to be the last in service worldwide. The F-104S (upgraded to ASA/M standard) was retired from service in October 2004.
Decommissioning ceremony
Listen at 1.24 1.42 & 2.33 you can hear the distinct " howl of the GE-J-79 engine.
Although the J-79 powered many other aircraft only the starfighter made the unigue" howl "
I've had the great fortune to have flown in the back seat of one , one word.....AWESOME
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Added: Apr-26-2012
By: James-T-Kirk
In: Weapons
Tags: F-104S, starfighter, last, flight
Location: Italy (load item map)
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By: James-T-Kirk
In: Weapons
Tags: F-104S, starfighter, last, flight
Location: Italy (load item map)
Marked as: approved, featured
Views: 32560 | Comments: 191 | Votes: 28 | Favorites: 12 | Shared: 197 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
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You flew in the back of one? Im jelous!
Posted Apr-26-2012 Bymurdy1975 (330.72) murdy1975 View Channel Send Message
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It was truly one of the highlights of my life !
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByJames-T-Kirk (1441.00) James-T-Kirk View Channel Send Message
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Awesome plane.
I've heard that they used to have to put protective covers on the leading edges of the wings because they were so sharp.
Posted Apr-26-2012 Bywharris (2247.32) 
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Look and sound like rockets but also known as "widow makers" - this a/c was hard to handle at low speeds.
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByNepean109 (1016.40) 
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The old engines that powered F-14 would glow a firey red and let out a ROAR
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByAiredale (2623.16) 
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Rare birds!
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByMegadeth (1433.60) 
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High speed interceptors. Really good with missiles but not much point trying to dog fight in them.
I've only flown in a few jets. My father trained air force pilots but I mostly just got to ride along in prop-planes. I did get to ride in an old bomber and John Denver rented a hangar with my father so I met him a few times but never really thought he was a big deal :)
You're lucky to fly in such a powerful fighter.
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByEmrysM (1850.76) 
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It was pure adreneline ! I loved every second . Not much chance of pulling G's in turns though, the turn radius is 2 miles !
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByJames-T-Kirk (1441.00) James-T-Kirk View Channel Send Message
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@James-T-Kirk I bet I could make it take a tighter turn.. Well maybe not without losing a lot of altitude :)
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByEmrysM (1850.76) 
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And maybe rip the tail off !
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByJames-T-Kirk (1441.00) James-T-Kirk View Channel Send Message
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@James-T-Kirk I'm willing to bet my life that the tail would stay intact... Just not that it'd be easy to pull out of the deep stall I'd put myself in... Not withough enough altitude anyway.
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByEmrysM (1850.76) 
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I was talkng to svetkoff after the flight and he said if you tried to pull it into a tight turn it would rip off the control surfaces or the tail would break off. The tightest turn they can make is maybe 1 mile pushing it, depends on the speed. The ejection seats still work in all 3 of his aircraft , I remember him telling me " whatever you do, DON'T pull that lever " LOL !
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByJames-T-Kirk (1441.00) James-T-Kirk View Channel Send Message
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Loved the Starfighter since I was a kid. Great video.
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByFred Flintstone (231.90) 
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Wasn't it dubbed the widowmaker?
Posted Apr-26-2012 Bygetbentex (166.82) 
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they look fast as shit
Posted Apr-26-2012 Bymorningwood (526.10) 
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Mach 2.2. AKA 'missile with a man in it'!
Posted Apr-26-2012 Bymikedelta12 (370.80) 
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I heard they are the one of the few planes capable of > mach flight that can be owned by a civilian.
Posted Apr-26-2012 Bywharris (2247.32) 
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So out of the whole fleet, how many did get scrapped? or in other words, are there a bunch of them still out there?, i'd like to see and hear one some day.
Posted Apr-26-2012 Bymorningwood (526.10) 
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@mikedelta12 Nowhere near as good as an English Electric Lightning.
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByCargeLock (2003.22) 
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Look up starfighters Inc. There are 3 owned by Rick Svetkoff based in clearwater FL.
They used to do the airshow circuit but now do government work.
BTW. The USAF only ever had 256 in service. The rest were built in canada and Italy under license.
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByJames-T-Kirk (1441.00) James-T-Kirk View Channel Send Message
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2:24 reminded me of x-wing's haha
Posted Apr-27-2012 ByJStoy (130.80) 
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Awesome post Tiberius
Posted Apr-27-2012 Byanglosaxonwarlord (13631.14) 
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Cheers anglo :-)
Posted Apr-27-2012 ByJames-T-Kirk (1441.00) James-T-Kirk View Channel Send Message
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@James-T-Kirk When i was serving in the Royal Engineers in Germany BAOR we did many exercises with various elements of the army and air force we used to do landing pads for harrier Jump Jets in the forests and places on one such exercise the RAF offered a back seat ride in a harrier trainer with two seats every on in the squadron RE put there names in the hat and guess what the SSM his name came out twat and he got the ride.
Posted Apr-27-2012 Byanglosaxonwarlord (13631.14) 
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Who would have thought ! !
The harrier is also one of my favorites, good old british ingenuity.
Posted Apr-27-2012 ByJames-T-Kirk (1441.00) James-T-Kirk View Channel Send Message
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@James-T-Kirk did a vertical take off from the pad we laid and took him for a ride over west germany's plains then did a vertical landing quite a sight and sound.
Posted Apr-27-2012 Byanglosaxonwarlord (13631.14) 
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That is a haunting noise it makes.
Posted Apr-26-2012 BySwellgh (409.10) 
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Hey Ridley, loan me a stick of Beeman's.
Posted Apr-27-2012 ByElhuero (155.18) 
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... I'll pay ya back later.
Posted Apr-27-2012 Bymikedelta12 (370.80) 
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Originally a CF-104 owned and operated by Rick Svetkoff ( starfighters Inc. )
That's the one I got a ride in !
Posted Apr-26-2012 ByJames-T-Kirk (1441.00) James-T-Kirk View Channel Send Message
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One of the very first plastic models I built as a kid was of this aircraft. This was around 1978 or 1979. Awesome looking jet fighter that still holds it own even today.
Posted Apr-27-2012 Byrthefley (45.78) rthefley View Channel Send Message
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@rthefley Same here! Well it was in '81 and I was 2 so it was just me watching my brother build it but it was my 1st model and it was a 104! Caught the bug then and I've been building models ever since! Here's a recent one I finished...NOt a 104 but still s exy bird http://cs.finescale.com/FSMCS/forums/t/131643.aspx?PageIndex=1
Posted Apr-27-2012 Byjwalkerej257 (189.50) 
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the german bundeswehr had 916 Starfighter and lost 269 of them due to crashes.
Posted Apr-27-2012 ByChefabknaller (70.98) 
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@Chefabknaller Oh, you are only saying that because it has incredible stall characteristics (and I don't mean that positively), ejects downward, and doesn't suffer pilots who are ever behind the machine. Now doesn't it look great? ;)
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