NF-104 Aircraft

First supersonic air fighter

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[dLimboStick]

I'm proud to say my Dad helped design this plane....along with many others during his 45 years at Lockheed.

[georgethemmaker]

Thats a F-104G!Not even 104A...Look at the longer tail,different main wheels,and the ejection seat(MB Q7)

[83rrsou]

My dad was a Zipper IP at Luke in the 60's.  Kinda neat growing upp listening to the shriek-howl of the J79.

[tubernation1]

It's a great shame, and shows at least many key people who created this movie aren't true plane-buffs, that they used stock 'jet airplane sound' insted of the true one-of-a-kind howl of the F-104.

[aldopeer]

Ofcourse it's not a NF-104. It's a German F 104G, built for training purposes in the USA. The blanked out part on the tail, originally says: "The Fighting 69". This part of the movie "The Right Stuff", shows in such a marvellous way, the sleek lines, extreme beauty and brute force of the Starfighter. I love the bare-metal version.

[usm7j]

@rangeley14 I thought it was the North American F-100 Super Saber??

[iowa61]

G,, A, NF... Whatever. It's one hell of an airplane!!! (BTW it's a G)

[kevsamm]

Love the video, so please don't take offense. The NF-104 was a ROCKET assisted model of the F-104 marked by a large tube (rocket) just above the tailpipe. Would be some GREAT footage if you had it.

[noonedude101]

The nose says NF-104A to me.

[SLodewijks]

At 1:02 you can see the aircraft's tail number on the closing canopy: 63-13269. This specific aicraft is a Fokker-built German F-104G flying in USAF colors, as did a lot of German F-104's in those days as part of the German/American F-104 training program at Luke AFB. The first three digits of the same tailnumber are also visible on the tail a few times in this video: '132'. Why they blanked out the '69'-part of the serial is unclear to me...

[hardcoreg57]

nerds

you no nothing its the 234 bombkikplane