Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

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LOCKHEED F-104 STARFIGHTER

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SHORT STORY

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a high-performance, supersonic single-engine aircraft, originally developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) as an interceptor fighter. It was one of the Century Series planes and was in service with the USAF from 1958 until 1969, continuing his operational career in the Air National Guard until he was barred in the United States in 1975. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) until 1994 it had a small mixed fleet of various versions of F-104, used for tests in supersonic flight regimes and in support of space programs.

  • SOME COOL DATA ABOUT THE STARFIGHTER

    • Max Speed: 2.0 Mach (2.470 km/h)
    • Autonomy: 2.623 km
    • Range: 670 km
    • Max Altitude: 17.700 m

  • SOME COOL INFORMATION ABOUT THE F-104

    The Starfighter had a lot of nicknames:

    • “The rocket with a man inside” due to his design
    • “Zipper” or “Zip-104”
    • “Eiko” (Glory) by the Japan
    • “Lo Spillone” by the Italian Guys
    • “Widowmaker” from the lot of crashes. The average of the crashes weren’t higer than other jets
Details
  • Type: Interceptor fighter
  • Crew: 1
  • Designer: Clarence Johnson
  • United States manufacturer: Lockheed
  • First flight: 4 March 1954
  • Date of entry into service: 20 February 1958
  • Withdrawal from service: 2004 (Italian AF)
  • Main user: United States USAF
  • Other users:
    Taiwan ROCAF
    Canada RCAF
    Germany Luftwaffe
    Italy AM
  • Unit cost: 1.42 million US $
  • Other information here
Livery
US Livery
Italian Livery
  • Low Visibility Livery
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  • Forest Camo Livery
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  • “Special Colors”
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German Livery
  • Forest Camo Livery
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NASA

MUST HAVE FEATURES

  • Main animations (Landing gear, flaps, ailerions…);
  • Live Cockpit;
  • Afterburner;
  • Canopy Open/Close;
  • Pilot and Ground Crew;
  • Better Sonic Boom

WHY I WANT THIS IN INFINITE FLIGHT

The F-104 is one of my favourite fighter. Adding this in IF will be great. And also will add another fighter in the aircraft list. The F-104 was a very important aircraft in the story of military aviation of my country and will be an honour to fly it in Infinite Flight.

Photo Credit: Italeri, Google Images

SOME VIDEOS ABOUT THE ZIP-104

This is very cool… Gilles Villenueve, a F1 pilot, against an Italian F104

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I think you should provide us more information on why it is such a good fighter jet 😉👍

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But sorry, I would rather have the f35 or f16 reworked 😅

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Nice request! I would put a picture in the Thread ;)

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You see, the F-104 is a classic. If we could get this, along with maybe the F-80 or F-86 that would be great. I’m out of votes, but I support this being added!

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If im not mistaken it was also the first mach 2 fighter voted

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I put a Pic but it doesn’t show, I’ll fix it

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I’ll do that. I made this topic too fast

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I added something…

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Me too, but who knows, maybe the dev next year will do a massive update with fighters rework and could add a new fighter

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I would love that, give the military aircraft some love! Add a fighter or two, and rework the ones that are already in the sim. Now I know this isn’t a quick project, and it could take years on end, but it would be great to see IF’s military fleet get some love.

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I know it may look dated, but could you imagine flying in a cockpit like this in IF? It would be awesome!

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Not mine: Photo Credit

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Yeah it’s a very cool cockpit

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The F86 Sabre could be also a great new aircraft. It would not only bring a jet from the first years of jet fighters in IF but also the possibility of creating the Italian Frecce Tricolori Virtuali, which used the F86E.

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Credit: Here

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There is a Starfighter in a museum here in Munich !

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There is a Starfighter flying here in Norway 😎
CF-104D

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Photo: Sindre Nedrevag

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I’m going to Munich right now, then I’m going to Norway right after that. 😂

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This aircraft is a legend :)

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