Bremspropeller Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 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! 4 So ein Feuerball, JUNGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXsenna Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 F-104 walk-around.Sent from my MAR-LX1A using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TLTeo Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p5qKcWR4Is 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bremspropeller Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 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 3 1 So ein Feuerball, JUNGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwd2 Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 1 1 Playing: F-16C Intel i7-13700KF, 64GB DDR5 @5600MHz, RTX 4080 ZOTAC Trinity, WIN 11 64Bit Prof. Squadron "Serious Uglies" / Discord-Server: https://discord.gg/2WccwBh Ghost0815 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremspropeller Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 (edited) 2:10 Impressive.Very noice. Let's see Paul Allen's take-off acceleration. Edited August 30, 2023 by Bremspropeller 1 1 So ein Feuerball, JUNGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremspropeller Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 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. 1 So ein Feuerball, JUNGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmiefel Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 (edited) Not really historic, but ... Edited August 30, 2023 by schmiefel Additional content Primary for DCS and other flightsims: i9 12900K@default OC on MSI Z790 Tomahawk (MS-7D91) | 64 GB DDR5-5600 | Asus TUF RTX3090 Gaming OC | 1x 38"@3840x1600 | 1x 27"@2560x1440 | Windows10Pro64 Spoiler Secondary: i7 11700k@5.1GHz on MSI Z590 Gaming Force MB| 64 GB DDR4-3200 | PowerColor RX6900XTU Red Devil | 1x 32"@2560*1440 + 1x24"@1980*1200 | Windows10Pro64 Backup: i7 6700K@4.8GHz | 64 GB DDR4-2400 | PowerColor RX5700XT Red Devil | SSD-500/1000GB | 1x49" 32:9 Asus X49VQ 3840x1080 | Windows10Pro64 Flightsim Input Devices: VPC: ACE2 Rudder / WarBRD Base / T-50CM2 Base with 50mm ext. / Alpha-R, Mongoos T-50CM, WarBRD and VFX Grip / T-50CM3 Throttle | VPC Sharka-50 + #2 Controle Panel | TM Cougar MFD-Frames| Rift S - Secondary: TM HOTAS WARTHOG/Cougar Throttle+Stick, F-18-Grip | TM TPR Rudder | DelanClip/PS3-CAM IR-Tracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zad Fnark Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 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. Questions are a burdon, and answers a prison for one's self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremspropeller Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 (edited) 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 2 So ein Feuerball, JUNGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXsenna Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Sent from my MAR-LX1A using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napillo Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 (edited) Shows how to use the radar. the video quality isn't great, but it is pretty good imho. Edited September 2, 2023 by Napillo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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