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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Yet More F-104 Trivia
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Date: 28 Aug 90 03:04:39 GMT
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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib)
In article <1990Aug23.014401.1193@cbnews.att.com> phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Phil Gustafson) writes:


#A decade or so ago, a civilian in (naturally) Southern California had
#managed to get hold of a flyable F-104.  (This is difficult  --  the
#services go to considerable effort to see that combat aircraft being
#scrapped will never fly again.  The old fighter in your playground with
#kids crawling over it most likely has a big chunk cut out of its main
#strut.)

#Last I heard, he was was using it at airshows and attempts at low-level
#speed records.  Anyone seen him lately?

If this was the one with the red and yellow color scheme,
its gone. He flamed out and had to resort to the ejection 
seat everyone's been talking about. Fortunately for him, 
it worked.

By the way, I'm still wanting to know whether the F104 was
any kind of a dogfighter. The wing area was kind of small,
but it was touted as a "lightweight fighter". Could it turn
with other fighters?