THE HAUNTING TONE OF TWO TF 104G STARFIGHTERS AT RIAT 1994

[leonhardSR]

sorry, not in english.

bei der landung hat jede maschine 4 zusatztanks.

bei den späteren flugaufnahmen hat keine der beiden maschinen zusatztanks.

und wiederum später sind 2 maschinen mit zusatztanks zu sehen.

kann man davon ausgehen, daß hier verschiedene starfighter zu sehen sind ?

trotzdem: es sind herrliche aufnahmen und ein sound wie musik in meinen ohren.

top !

[federicotoselli1974b]

che motore il J 79 che urlo....sound spettacolare!!!!

[apollocapitalgroup]

a rocket with blades for wings

[altoonabeme]

Fwiw the minimum landing speed for a 104 (pilots called it the "Zipper" btw) is 150 kts (about 172 mph). Until the F-22 came along 40 or so years later, there was nothing that matched the 104's performance. A U-2 pilot cruising along at 60,000 ft saw two 104s join up on him, FROM ABOVE, and one 104 pilot said it was the only time he heard a Dragon Lady (the U-2 nickname) break radio silence. A 104 still holds the world record for ground level speed, 988 mph, set by Darryl Greenamyer.

[jetnoiseforever]

wish you lot would make your mind up are they G OR S !!!!!!!

[emitch5754]

@geoago the "S",based on "G", for W. Germany,nuke capable all weather attack.

[geoago]

There has never been the TF104S. They were all TF 104G

[Cengiz78x]

Beautiful aircraft

[vexviper]

Old plane but it's capable of mach 5

[splintamike]

People walking, driving and riding bikes (!?) across a flight line where high performance jet aircraft are operating? Wow, where is this place?

[zanfozanfani]

sarebbe stato il mio sogno di sempre pilotare lo "spillone" peccato non avere avuto i paraculi necessari per entrare in AM.....e essersi dovuti accontentare dell'aviazione civile.

[fryxcd7v]

The notorious Widowmaker

[Jacksonkellyfreak]

at 4:40, why is there a light up in the aircrafts engine? doesnt look like a flame, it looks like a marker beacom.

[Arny1719]

@Jacksonkellyfreak

its the pilot flame for the afterburner

[Jacksonkellyfreak]

@Arny1719 *facepalm* cant believe that didnt register til you told me. didnt even think of that

[K1w1scot]

@Arny1719 Are you sure about that? Although I'm unfamiliar with reheat engines (only worked on Vipers and Alison 501s), I'm pretty sure most are catalytic ignition in the vapour gutters, aren't they? Pilot lights would be snuffed out. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

[zafficar104]

....l'aereo più emozionante e affascinante del mondo, anche ora a vederlo solo nei video

[MagnetiQs]

@zafficar104 poi vederlo a torino, ho visto 2 del typo tf104 a caselle " aeroporto militare "

[zafficar104]

@MagnetiQs il titolo è sbagliato il TF 104 S non è mai esistito i biposto erano G......il video cmq è bellissimo e sentire l'ululato del J79-11 appunto il motore del G è fantastico

[spacemanclips]

1.00 I wouldn't like to drive a Rover with one of those so close behind me!

[agwhitaker]

Lockheed designed the F 104 Starfighter as a high altitude, fair weather interceptor.

At that job it worked great.

When a certain air-force tried to use it as a low level, all weather, ground attack fighter-bomber....

It did NOT work very well and tended to fly into mountains and stuff.

And so the F 104 got a bad name.

But I have always felt that it was like buying a sports car and then being pissed off at it because it didn't work well as a dump truck.

[Elhombresombra]

@agwhitaker I could not agree more! The 104 was an airplane for Pilots, not for the average knob-turner. And it wanted to go high and fast. If one needs a truffle-dog, better look for something else.

[K1w1scot]

@agwhitaker Good call, though it is still an inherently unstable design. But still bloody impressive, nonetheless.

[weasel75]

@agwhitaker Another way to look at it: certain air-forces were talked into the F104 (even bribed), and of course, that would cause a bad reputation.

That must have felt like being betrayed by your local car's dealer.

Would you wonder about a bad rep?

Wouldn't you be pissed off?

Would you buy there again?

[MrSabot88]

@agwhitaker the MiG 21 owned the F 104 in 1971 Indo pak war! The pakis discovered after all the hype that the F104 could not turn nor outrun the MiG 21 at medium level and Bhisnoi IAF MiG 21 pilot interceptedand used cannon to down PAF F 104 killing Paki pilot MIddlecoat whose body was never recovered.

[massimovolpe]

4°stormo caccia,quanti ricordi solo il suono mi fa tornar bambino col naso all'insù.

Belli Bellissimi Stupendi!!!!

[willemstarfighter]

hello thanks fore your placed movie

i was there at that moment with my camera and maded some pictures from this two TF-104G but a movie is much better to heard the sound of the J-79 engine its lovely .

[jetnoiseforever]

i see you was at cottesmore 2000 also

:-)  "happy days"

[AdrianNtart]

''the flying coffin''

its confusing how somtimes it whistles and somtimes it doesnt :S

[smileymike100]

Excellent video :) AKA the Widow Maker my father told me