Extracted from Profiles of Flight – Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and reproduced by permission of Pen and Sword Books Ltd.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Posted on Thursday 19th April 2012





(David L Bashow, Canadian CF-104 pilot)
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Profiles of Flight - Lockheed F-104 starfighter
(Hardback - 88 pages)
ISBN: 9781848844490
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The Starfighter was once described as 'a delight to fly, but one mistake and it will kill you'. It is one of the world's fastest fighters with a top speed of Mach 2.2 and a service ceiling of 58,000 feet. First delivered to the USAF in 1958 it was also sold to the German, Greek, Italian, Turkish and Italian Air Forces. It could carry a variety of air to air and air to surface missiles and was powered by a single General Electric J79 turbojet that developed 17,900 lb of…
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