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The F-104 Starfighter Was Called The “Widowmaker” For One Reason
The F-104 Starfighter was designed, in a time of increasing aircraft complexity and size, to be a straightforward, single-engine rocket ship, capable of intercepting and deterring during a period ...
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Chuck Yeager Loved The F-104 Starfighter. Everyone Else Hated It.
The F-104 Starfighter was not built for dogfights ... Early versions of the J79 engines were prone to compressor stalls and flameouts, especially at low altitudes. Upgrades were ultimately ...
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What Are Century Series Jet Fighters & When Were They Built?
Its Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21 family engine pushed it to a top speed ... no more appropriate name for such an aircraft than the F-104 Starfighter. It might sound like something that Darth Vader ...