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NomadHeart1985 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
and the great xb70 valkyrie was destroyed by this shit
NomadHeart1985 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
worst aircraft ever.widow maker,flying coffin...
irschenberg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
*plonk*
hwoods01 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
cuz he bailed and ran, like most germans
irschenberg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
my father flew it in the german air force..and survived^^
AugustusLarch (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This plane is a great perfomer, has low intial cost, is easy to maintain compared to other types and holds a considerable amont of fuel for it's size. However it did have less than desireable handling characteristics and it's agility was less than par. It had inertia coupling tendancies and dutch roll problems. The machine nearly killed Chuck Yeager in a test flight beacause of this.In the hands of a pro it did it's job.
arfywarfy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The F104 was designed by a genius and did exactly what it was designed to do. It still holds world records, 50 years after first flight. Comments here are entirely correct - once the 'agenda-driven' idiot generals got their way with it, it became junk. It was NEVER designed to be a 'bomber' - and when they bolted the kitchen sink on this plane, they ruined it, it's capabilities, and it's future. Figures!
cybercow222 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
thnx for videos man ! i love retro aviation documentaries from 60`s 70`s, cold war era ...
cputnam71 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah, but, remember some asswipe air force major general told Robin Olds that the days of dog fighting were over. That was the career ist politics ridden mind set of the air force brass, real american idiots. If it is not big, heavy, full of all kinds of crap and above all expensive the air force brass does not like it.
grazyarnie (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The german Starfighter F-104 G was called widowmaker....not because germans could not handle aircrafts...but because politcs made an all weather fighter bomber out of an air superiority fighter...typical for german suit...dumb asses |
