Low , no Lower, NO Lowest Civil F-104 ever?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKxOCwh7 ... re=related

[tom d. friedman]

incredible... you look at the f-104 & it's hard to believe it's over 1/2 a century old!!!

[Jollygreenslugg]

Do you reckon you could please post one message with all of your links in it? It is annoying to have nearly half the page taken up with posts, all of which contain a single link. You could easily post a message entitled, say "Aviation/Warbird links" which contained the seven or eight links you have spread between seven or eight posts currently.

With all due respect, it is kinda irritating. A previous poster, Sabredriver (who disappeared the time you came onto the scene!) used to do what you do, and it was frustrating to the extreme. Just a thought.

Cheers,
Matt

[mike furline]

He had his flaps down....... a slow pass!

[51fixer]

He had his flaps down....... a slow pass!

For a F-104 low pass at high speed there is Darryl doing his speed records.
I remember seeing Steve Hinton's 8mm home movies from Tonopah. IIRC the 104 sucked or broke the windows out of cars they had positioned at each end of the timing path as markers. It might have opened trunks/hoods as well. It was a long time ago I saw them.
As for posting each link separate, I'm for that. The discussion on that link can be pursued in that thread. If they were lumped together there would be a thread with multiple topics and that would be hard to follow.
Rich

[DB2]

That's not a low F-104.

This is a low F-104:

http://www.landspeed.com/

[daveymac82c]

That's a scary looking drag racer.

I think I would have left the elevator on it and maybe put a canard on it so that WHEN (not if) it lifts off I'll still be able to control it.

Cool pic.

Cheers,

David

[K5DH]

That's a scary looking drag racer.

Not a dragster. They are planning an assault on the Land Speed Record. They hope to reach 800 MPH.

I think I would have left the elevator on it and maybe put a canard on it so that WHEN (not if) it lifts off I'll still be able to control it.

It does have canards, they're not real obvious in that photo.

You should check out their web site. Lots of photos and a couple of short videos. That beast looks really wild zooming across the desert in their test runs!

Cheers!

[RickH]

This was an NF-104, once flown by Jack's hero, Chuck what his name ?

[fritzthefox]

I think what's left of the NF-104 that Chuck flew is here:

http://www.check-six.com/

[n5151ts]

That's not a low F-104.

This is a low F-104:

http://www.landspeed.com/

ill do my speed runs in the sky thanks!

[bipe215]

This ship is #763. Chuck Whatshisname crashed #762. The other
AST Nf-104 was #756 which wound up as a composite ship on a pole somewhere. Its nose section wound up on Greenamayer's ship that was destroyed. Chuck Whatshisname might be able to handle this car104. He sure couldn't handle the real thing.

Steve G

[RickH]

Never said this was the one he crashed. I have seen it written and been told that Yeager did fly this one a little.

[bipe215]

Never said this was the one he crashed. I have seen it written and been told that Yeager did fly this one a little.

Didn't think you were, just mentioning the three ships involved in the project.

Steve G

[RickH]

Bipe, that was directed to Fritz. Thanks for the ident on the three aircraft with the NF designation.