On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:59:39 -0400, Tony Verhulst
wrote:


Did you know that the F-104 Starfighter not only would not recover
from a spin, but would not recover from a stall either? A stall would
immediately lead to a departure from controlled flight, generally
unrecoverable.

About what you'd expect from a 20,000+ pound fuselage with a 7.5 foot
long wing stuck on each side.

Yet it had quite a career.

Especially in the German airforce. "What's the best way to see a German
F104?". "You buy a lawn chair and a hectare of land and wait."

...... from an album by Captain Lockheed and the Star Fighters (aka
Hawkwind) IIRC. Great cover art too.

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