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And of course, there's the classic Lockheed Widowmaker, the F-104 Starfighter -- in the "G" variant, purchased by the Luftwaffe, who ordered this high-speed fai
by cstross 16y ago
And of course, there's the classic Lockheed Widowmaker, the F-104 Starfighter -- in the "G" variant, purchased by the Luftwaffe, who ordered this high-speed fair weather interceptor with a whole bunch of bells and whistles bolted on, to turn it into a low-level all-weather fighter-bomber:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter#German_service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter#Germ...
"Luftwaffe losses totaled 110 pilots" -- production run: 1,122 F-104G airframes.
- kijuhygtyujikol 16y agoA downward firing ejector seat is certainly an interesting feature of a plane you intend to fly at treetop height