F-104 related videos

[Bremspropeller]

Choo-Choo! All aboard the hypetrain!

Let's post videos about the 104 here.

 

I'll start with a dutch TV snippet from 1965 - at the heart of the "Starfighter Crisis" - containing an interview with a german Member of Parliament, and some interesting additional information (in Dutch, though). Like that 63% of all pilots who had crashed at this point had less than 1000 flight hours. This was at a time when the Luftwaffe in particular was playing catch-up while trying to handle a space-age moder jet fighter at a time when qualified personnel was hard to get and when logistics and the administrative structures were no beneficial for getting more than 700 (over 900 in total) of those jets within a relatively short time.

 

You may want to give the channel itself a visit, too!

[MAXsenna]

F-104 walk-around.

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[sterny70]

 

[TLTeo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p5qKcWR4Is

[PapaFlo]

 

[Bremspropeller]

All in german, but you might get away with using the subtitle function. Some really good info in there.

Three playlists by Frank Heinevetter (F-104 and Tornado pilot).

Flying the 104 - from the pilot's seat.

 

Starfighter Stories

 

Starfighter pilot memories

 

[mwd2]

 

[Bremspropeller]

2:10

Impressive.Very noice. Let's see Paul Allen's take-off acceleration.

Edited August 30, 2023 by Bremspropeller

[Bremspropeller]

Make sure the gear is up by 260KIAS. Unless you want to trap the gear doors open like this guy does right after T/O and during the first pass.

[schmiefel]

Not really historic, but ...

 

Edited August 30, 2023 by schmiefel
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[Zad Fnark]

I got to see a Zipper fly in person a couple times.

The first time was visiting my aunts in Arizona.  We were near Luke AFB and a couple flew past and banked away.  They were USAF marked Gs.

Last time was at Oshkosh some years back.  One was doing a demo.  It did a fast pass over the runway and zoom climbed from there.  After a few seconds, it just "vanished" and I could no longer see it.  Amazing to lose sight of it so quickly.  My eyes weren't that bad either.

[Bremspropeller]

Post- and Pre-Flight inspections during the early times of F-104G flight ops (pre 1967, as indicated by the DD+241 code: 2. Staffel of JaboG 34 at Memmingen)

Startup:

1 finger at 10%, 2 fingers at 20%, 3 fingers at 30%, cut-off signal at 38%, GPU air needs to be switched off by 40%.

Seven-Finger check:

(no finger) 1st crew-chief engages torch-igniter for the afterburner, 2nd crew-chief checks it's function by looking for the glow

1) Speed Brake check

2) Flight Control check

3) Trim check

4) Stab Aug check

5) APC check

- RH AoA vane is checked to energize both stick-shaker and kicker (landing gear uplock override switch needs to be used for the kicker funtion)

- LH AoA vane is checked to energize the stick-shaker, the kicker must not fire

6) Flaps check

- BLC valves open at 16° deflection and need to be fully open at 45° - check for proper airflow on both wings

- check for no airflow at T/O (15°) on both wings

7) Emergency Nozzle Closure System check

 

Note the aircraft rolling, pitching and yawing during the runup check on the runway. That's the precession moments of the engine acting on the aircraft during the quick power changes.

Edited August 31, 2023 by Bremspropeller

[MAXsenna]

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[Napillo]

Shows how to use the radar. the video quality isn't great, but it is pretty good imho.

Edited September 2, 2023 by Napillo

[Alpiinoo]

 

[nakushh]

 

[Bremspropeller]

 

[The-Dude]

 

[The-Dude]

 

[mytai01]

 

[The-Dude]

 

[ZON]

[Fuchs]

 

[Devil 505]

A video I did a while back flying the 104 in MSFS.  I remember this flight wishing someone would bring it to DCS.  Really looking forward to getting her in the air for actual intercept missions.  Going to be a great addition to our Vietnam scenario we have set up in the Marianas.

 

[Joe1978]

Nice photos/videos of the Spanish F104s. By the way, around minute 2 you can see an F104 after going off the track.

 

 

Edited February 3 by Joe1978