In article , "Dave Kearton"
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"Don Harstad" wrote in message
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| "Prowlus" wrote in message
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| I was watching this programme called "flying through time" which this
| week was about the century series fighters from f-100 to f-106 and it
| mentioned that the f-104 toted the genie rocket as one of its weapon
| options .
| Now this programme usually gives info whilst givin the wrong imagery
| or both but it did show a zipper with a weird retractable centerline
| pylon supposedly for a big honking genie as so the programme is
| leadin
| the viewer to believe .
| Is this a genuine capability for a Starfighter? I would have thought
| it wouldn't have the loading capacity for such a weapon or even the
| software to launch it unlike the F-102 or F-106
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| I seem to remember that it was at least tested with a Genie. There was
| footage of a launch, from the center line, in an old documentary
| program
on
| TV...maybe Wings or something?
|
| Don H.
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Would be a very flat Genie, there can't be a lot of ground clearance on
an
F-104.

Unbidden, I have a flash thought of referring to the F-104 as the
dachshund of high-performance aircraft. ;-)