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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War.Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the United States Air Force (USAF), it was developed into an all-weather multirole aircraft in the early 1960s and produced by several other nations ...
In July 1958, Kincheloe was killed in the crash of an F-104A (Lockheed F-104A-10-LO s/n 56-772) at Edwards Air Force Base; he had ejected at low altitude, but given that the early F-104 used a downwards catapulted ejection seat the deployed parachute did not adequately slow his descent.
A Canadian Forces Lockheed CF-104 Starfighter, 104813, of 439 Sqn., explodes in mid-air during airshow performance at Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt, Germany, wreckage falling onto parked cars in woods near the airport, setting several afire and killing three adults and two children watching the display, Reuters news service reported. A ...
Death of S F Cody: United Kingdom Cody Floatplane "inherent structural weakness" 2 Broke up 1919-08-02 Airliner crash at Verona: Italy Caproni Ca.48: Wing flutter followed by wing collapse 14, 15, or 17 (sources vary) The crash killed all aboard 1921-08-23 1921 Humber crash UK: Hull: R38 (ZR-2) Weather combined with weakened hull 44
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: Edwards Air Force Base: Charles Kingsford Smith: Australia 1935 Aviator Lockheed Altair: Andaman Sea: Disappeared during an England to Australia record flight attempt, body never recovered, presumed dead. Nile Kinnick: United States 1943 American football player; winner of the 1939 Heisman Trophy: Grumman F4F Wildcat ...
The Red Baron was a highly modified Lockheed F-104 Starfighter which set a FAI Class C-1 Group III 3 km speed record of 1,590.45 kilometres per hour (988.26 mph), in 1977 which still stands. [1] It was assembled by Darryl Greenamyer and sponsored by Ed Browning and the Red Baron Flying Service of Idaho Falls, Idaho. The aircraft was destroyed ...
“Roll the trucks,” the air boss alerted to deploy emergency assistance quickly after the deadly plane crash at the Wings Over Dallas Air Show. FAA audio reveals moments between air boss ...
Two days later, AV-2 crashed following a mid-air collision with an F-104 while flying in a multi-aircraft formation. [96] Sonic boom and later testing continued with XB-70A #1. [97] The second flight research program (NASA NAS4-1174) investigated "control of structural dynamics" from 25 April 1967 through the XB-70's last flight in 1969.