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cool, isnt it? ;) My dad flew the " One O Four"

 

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Well in the early 70's the Luftwaffe used the F-104 for some experiments in VTOL. Although I thought their ideas were more along the lines of rotatable engines on the wing tips (or one very esoteric plan to mount a combined deltawing/ rotor blade assembly on top of the fusalage.... I don't think that one got past the drawing board...Wonder why?:music_whistling: )

 

It *could* be that this photo was taken at some stage during those experiments, but I'm not certain as I've not seen that particular photo before.

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yeah it was just an experiment. I got some "hardware" pictures, when i got the time ill scan them in.

 

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Zero Length Launch System, tested to operate the F-104 even if the runways were not useable for takeoffs....

the rocket boosts the plane to a speed, when it wouldn't stall, like a catapult

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the rocket looks very similar to the ones used to boost MiG-21s, but bigger

 

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