Continuing from yesterday's posting here's another plane that I believe this to be a CF-104 Starfighter. It entered Canadian service in March 1962. Originally designed as a supersonic interceptor aircraft, it was used primarily for low level strike and reconnaissance by the RCAF. Eight CF-104 squadrons were originally stationed in Europe as part of Canada's NATO commitment.
I would like to see those planes myself one day. Sometimes I saw them flying in the sky because they where also in the dutch airforce on an airfield not far away from where I lived..
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I imagine that was state of the art in its day.
ReplyDeleteYou really stop and think about a lot of things when you see pictures like this. for 1962 they were a very advanced craft. You'd wonder how much more high tech they are today?
ReplyDeleteHave no interest in flying one of these 100 series fighters. They were very fast, but sometimes difficult to control as they were designed before computer fly-by-wire. In their first few years of service they had a high accident rate killing many pilots. Some of their worst instability was worked out in later years of production and they went to allied air forces around the world.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with your knowledge.
DeleteI've always loved aircraft and other machinery. I do have a pilots license, but haven't flown in years.
DeleteThis reminds me of the sign I have in my garage: "Won't it be wonderful when schools have all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold garage sales?"
ReplyDeleteThese were pure engines with short wings. Beautiful.
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