F-104 Ride For Sale
Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:20 am
Dayton Air Show to sell ride aboard supersonic fighter
Published on Friday Mar 21, 2008
It could be the ride of a lifetime for someone willing to pay $10,000.
For that price, this summer's Dayton Air Show will offer one ride aboard an F-104 Starfighter, an interceptor aircraft from the Cold War years that can fly at twice the speed of sound.
Officials say the seat aboard the Starfighter will be sold July 18, the day before the two-day air show at Dayton International Airport.
The person who buys the ride also will receive a choice parking spot and a special seat for the show.
Found it here:
http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=452141&c=y
Re: F-104 Ride For Sale
Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:47 am
Warbirdnerd wrote:Dayton Air Show to sell ride aboard supersonic fighter
Published on Friday Mar 21, 2008
It could be the ride of a lifetime for someone willing to pay $10,000.
"Bloke" from The Starfighters Team already put this misinformation rumor to rest over on ASB. He made it clear that the Starfighters are not authorized to "sell" rides to non-crew members in their F-104s.
Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:57 am
ron stone, a friend who owned & restored a beech at-11 paid 20 thousand dollars in the 90' s for a back seat ride in a mig 29 when the russians brought the plane to the cleveland air show. it made all the news media.
Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:55 am
is it possible that its another 104 not from the Starfighters team?
Maybe one reconditioned USAF example for flight that we didn't know about?
Maybe one reconditioned USAF example for flight that we didn't know about?
Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:33 pm
The three F-104's that are operated by the Star Fighters are the only three that are traveling around the air show circuit. I believe they are the only three that are flying period.
This sounds like an issue that we have had with the F-4 several times. The air show will negotiate for a sponsor ride from the performer as part of the appearance package. The air show then tries to "sell" the ride to help pay for the appearance of the aircraft. The wording can often be interpreted wrong so that it appears as if the performer is selling a flight on the aircraft. It can get the performer grounded real quick if the FAA catches word of it. I am not saying that is what happened in this case (I do not know if the Starfighters can/do offer sponsor flights) but I am sure it has happened to other 2 seat high performance aircraft on the air show circuit.
This sounds like an issue that we have had with the F-4 several times. The air show will negotiate for a sponsor ride from the performer as part of the appearance package. The air show then tries to "sell" the ride to help pay for the appearance of the aircraft. The wording can often be interpreted wrong so that it appears as if the performer is selling a flight on the aircraft. It can get the performer grounded real quick if the FAA catches word of it. I am not saying that is what happened in this case (I do not know if the Starfighters can/do offer sponsor flights) but I am sure it has happened to other 2 seat high performance aircraft on the air show circuit.
Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:01 pm
I know of for sure one other TF-104 flying. It is the former Combat Jets airframe now owned by Mark Sherman in Arizona. She actually showed up at Aviation Nation at Nellis this past November.
Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:14 pm
Ryan Harris wrote:I know of for sure one other TF-104 flying. It is the former Combat Jets airframe now owned by Mark Sherman in Arizona. She actually showed up at Aviation Nation at Nellis this past November.
Ryan, where is that one based?
Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:48 pm
Ryan Keough wrote:Ryan, where is that one based?
Williams Gateway
Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:31 am
tom d. friedman wrote:ron stone, a friend who owned & restored a beech at-11 paid 20 thousand dollars in the 90' s for a back seat ride in a mig 29 when the russians brought the plane to the cleveland air show. it made all the news media.
Ron said it was quite a ride! Well, he used different words, but the meaning was the same.