F-104 Starfighter 637 first flight ENBO / Bodø

[@notnick99]

What a wonderful job by all the people associated with this project to get this airplane back in the air. I can't imagine the amount of time effort and money it took to get to this point. I last flew 637 in the RCAF on 28 Feb 1964 , 52 years ago, while training at Cold Lake Alberta. What an airplane!

[@Vulpes44]

Sir, do you have any patches remained on your closet from that era?

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

Thanks for your service Gord. What an experience to have flown the missle with a man in it. The climb out depicted in the video was no slouch, using the previous F-16 as a comparison.

[@mannixflinn6227]

Gordon Price that's incredible that you flew the exact same jet.

[@perseus068]

That black smoke tail and that howling sound. So cute! Thanks for sharing

[@driesneyrinck]

Fantastic footage. No talk, no music. Just awesomness and sound from hell

[@allmecht]

F-104 sound is the best engine noise ever (and thanks you don´t put any music on the video so we can enjoy it)

[@eigilkragh8048]

Thank you for letting the world enjoy this project. Hope to see you at airshows in Europe. I flew the F 104 until 1972 in the RDAF ....best time in my life! KER

[@slengpung]

search for starfighter sola f.example. To see this summers event from this wonderfull craft

[@andersviggohansen4950]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXKpd3eVeZh-pZI Enclosed is a link to newly upload of the original F-104G's flying from Aalborg from mid 60's. The film is recorded by pilots and technicians in squadron 726 in summer 1969. Originally a "silent movie", but dubbed by use of the sound from CF-104D 637 and speak by Mogens Viggo Hansen (pilot name MOV). Thank you very much for the wonderful GE J79 sound! //Anders Viggo Hansen

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

Since My childhood i Have Been obsessed with F-104, theres no other plane to rival its beauty, only P-38 And P-51 come close. Can you tell us how was it to fly? Something specific, its high speed manouverability For example? To My knowledge F-104 was quite an agile Fighter when flying over mach 1? Did you ever try its turning limits?

[@Nana-rk2xn]

Wonderful, I can't get enough of such shots. STARFIGTHER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BIRD IN THE WORLD FOR ME.How I miss him.

[@denisecrook1379]

I grew up on the base in Cold Lake, Alberta. That jet, the CF-5 and the T-33 were the aircraft in operation. You could tell each jet by sound. So awesome!

[@romanbreisch6781]

The sound of freedom! How I missed it! Great job, congrats from Southern Germany!

[@MrZozur]

1:39 that j79 whistle sound when it's build thrust. Best sound turbojet engine ever. It sound like a living creature.

[@jeffbutler6100]

Actually, the F-104's "howling" wasn't because of the J-79 engine, but because of the inlet design on the F-104. If you notice other J-79 powered aircraft, like the F-4 don't howl.

[@kennethhamilton5633]

Every bird that had the J79 in it made that smoky howl F4, A5, B58 and the 104

[@mytmousemalibu]

It's from the exhaust/AB duct. All J-79's howl to a degree but the 104 is he most recognized for it. It is specifically the exhaust nozzles with the short "turkey feathers". Almost all Starfighters had them as did F-4C's and older. The long nozzle like the F-104S, F-4E, etc don't howl like this. Its the shape of the convergent-divergent shape and cooling air inlet combo that makes that glorious noise. Even with the older Phantoms having the short nozzle the way cooling air is drawn in is different and it sounds different.

[@douglasshreve9851]

Someone mentioned more smoke. Let's examine that a bit. There are some that may believe that it is purely "old" technology versus newer technology. It isn't that simple. Obviously everyone who looks at this aircraft admires it's design and it actually looks like it's fast. The J 79, developed by general electric in the early 1950s is a turbojet design, and it has an axial compressor with variable geometry compressor blades. In order to achieve the ratio of 12 to 1 for compressor efficiency for the US Air Force, water was injected which raised the thrust. These high-performance engines were designed to operate well above the speed of sound, actually at Mach 2. Have you ever seen a fuel burning funny car when it idols? It shakes and it burns very rich and you can smell it. But when you hit the gas, the engine purrs. This is what you have with a J 79, it is a higher performance, balls to the walls engine and at the speed you are seeing it in this video, it's like the funny car thats idling. when it idols, it's smokes a bit. It was never meant to be flown around a circuit at 350 kn, you know? I'll tell you another thing, do you know one of the reasons why that F-16 is shadowing this aircraft? Well, guess what kind of engine a F/16 has in it? You guessed it, variant of the original J 79 the J 79 Dash 19. I think someone in the comments mention that the F-16 might be annoying, well on the first flight of a high-performance aircraft you would want to have a Chase plane and the only one that could actually keep up with it was,,, you guessed it. The J 79 was developed by general electric not so much for the starfighter but for the strategic air command to have a Mach-2 bomber, and that was the B 58 hustler. Also to share this engine, the ubiquitous MDF/4 phantom II, also the A-5 Vigilant

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

"it actually looks like it's fast." Very much so, they called it the missle with a man in it.

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

Good disertation there Doug, you know your stuff.

[@AugmentedGravity]

Well, the F-16 uses a PW F100 engine.

[@pukinator1]

F16's use a F100-220 or a GE unit.

[@fredeb67]

The XB-70 flew with a variant of the J79 also.

[@hanshooijmans3875]

Congratulations!! I used to work on F104's in the RNLAF and it still is my favorite airplane, for sure I 'll do anything to see one flying again, hopefully it will join some airshows!

[@lucarinaldo83]

The sound of my childhood. Every day I heard that sound, the low passages, the sonic booms. Every time I hear this sound, I think back to those magical moments

[@Nana-rk2xn]

Yes, yes. Lived next to the JaboG 32 on the Lechfeld for 40 years. 😃

[@AndreaTemporale]

Where? Istrana, cervia, Grosseto?

[@lucarinaldo83]

@@AndreaTemporale Mi pare tu sia italiano, ti rispondo in italiano. Io abitavo a circa 1 ora da Villafranca e ad 1 ora da Istrana, in un paesino della pianura padana. Casualmente però era la direttrice dove passavano, praticamente ogni giorno, voli militari. I più numerosi erano 104G di Villafranca e i 104S di Istrana. La discriminante era il rumore, se emettevano l'ululato famoso erano i G, altrimenti sapevi che erano gli S. Passavano bassi, molto bassi e i bang sonici erano quasi quotidiani. Con il tempo i voli diminuirono e, nei primi anni 2000, vedevi solo Tornado ed AMX e con sempre meno frequenza (da ogni giorno, a poche volte a settimana, fino a poche volte al mese). Ma a fine anni 80, primi 90, passava di tutto, oltre ai nostri, vedevi F-16, A-10, elicotteri vari, aerei da trasporto, le quote operative erano sempre basse, era bellissimo.

[@AndreaTemporale]

​@@lucarinaldo83 sisi italiano, meglio dire friulano 😅

[@AndreaTemporale]

​@@lucarinaldo83 tornado immagino da ghedi

[@michaelvivian8759]

All you folks that worked on this wonderful project should be VERY Proud ! Well done !

[@rwh4196]

A friend of mine told an interesting story from a few years ago. Being out of active duty in the USAF and not yet employed as a civilian pilot he was in the (air natl guard, I think ) and flew an ancient transport or tanker, whatever was available to get the air time. One day he was ready to go, but he had to wait behind 2 regular air force people in F106's, while they waited for their avionics to warm up so they could go. Then somebody else who apparently had enough rank so he did not have to wait came out of the hanger in an F-104, passed the 3 waiting planes, got off the ground right away and went right straight up for quite a considerable distance. My friend enjoyed watching the 2 F-106 men, obviously much impressed, watching their colleague keep on going up in his 104. IMHO, even though the 104 may have not been the easiest plane to fly, the very essence of being a fighter plane is to get up there where the action is so you can do some damage before the enemy gets the job done and goes home, and the 104 seemed to be good at that. Today we do not have to worry so much about being easy to fly; I understand that the space shuttle was impossible for a human to fly without the computer, because by the time the human noticed that a correction was necessary, the shuttle did not have the ability to get back. Seems to me the people designing the next generation of planes, which will be more maneuverable because they will not need to limit the G forces, not having a human pilot, will probably learn a lot from the 104. :-)

[@jonjonmanner3148]

My Dad Was part of the 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing, Fighting 69th,back at Luke AFB,IN Pheonx,AZ in THE 70S,I grow up with this plane,man it brings back memories,THANK YOU

[@martinwilliams4583]

The sound, the smoke, THE shape ...... it takes me back :)

[@hanshendrix1558]

My father was a mecanic in the Dutch airforce. As it so happened, those magnificent Kelly creations flew over our house quit a bit at very low level. Unforgettable, it's pure magic.

[@MrGohunter]

A great big "Well done!" to all involved with this project! I have great memories of the Starfighters at Prestwick Airport when I was a kid at Prestwick High School (now Prestwick Academy) from 1967-1971. Scottish Aviation had the contract to perform maintenance on the Starfighters in Europe in those days, so they were a very regular sight. These days, Prestwick's airport code is PIK, but back in those days it was PWK. In my head, I can still hear the VHF beacon broadcasting it in morse - di-dah-dah-dit, di-dah-dah, dah-di-da! Our teachers always had to pause what they were saying when the F104's took off, as the school was so close to the runway. I'd also forgotten just how much black smoke those J79 engines chucked out at low speed though. We always saw plenty of it when they were coming in to land. When they opened them up though, the exhaust was pretty clean as Douglas Shreve says in his comment. We used to see them take off and go vertical over the sea, from just past the end of the runway, usually in pairs, but sometimes three at a time taking off together in formation along the runway. With the afterburners on and the power on to go vertical, all you saw was the heat trail from the rear with no black smoke. The only time that I got really close to a Starfighter was at one of the Prestwick Air Shows, when they had one out on display. I was amazed at just how thin and short the wings were.

[@jeff7006]

You wisely chose a nice quiet spot so the sound comes out great! (despite the annoying F-16 hanging around). Thanks!

[@jamesmagnum]

Lol ! Agreed.

[@Surestick88]

You can see the tip vortices in the exhaust. The Starfighter howl is there too.

[@marktaylor8659]

Growing up living on Air Force Bases with a dad who was an Air Force pilot in the early 60s, this sound really brings back memories. Thanks for sharing.

[@32ndWolfhounds]

Awesome video! I still miss the howl of the Starfighter. Greetings from The Netherlands

[@mrsfireleg]

F104. Absolutely my favorite plane, period! Haven’t enjoyed watching something this exciting since my wife dressed up like a maid. Wow to both.

[@Scheltokeeper]

Smokie traills and howling nozzles....i love it! Nothing comes close to the 104. Nice to see it in the air again! The 104 deserves it, cause it is a true legend.

[@aarondengate8085]

Used to get Canadian f104s at manston in UK occasionally

[@jensoldenburg7287]

this howl like a wolf at 1:39 , it sounds so good.....

[@eivinstens6091]

Awsome footage. Awsome sound. Simply accelerating. Congratulations to Starfighterens venner who made this come true, and to the pilot. I wonder if he got any sleep that night.

[@timmie426]

What an awesome video. I really get the chills from all these noises! Also very interesting to see how fast the F16 and how slow the f104 looks when they both travel at the same pace with their gear down. Truly a flying rocket ;)

[@ImranKhan-kq3nw]

Roar of the F-104. Awesome video 👍👌👏

[@fredeb67]

Love that primal howl of that engine at part throttle.

[@swampdonkey6144]

Just found this vid on here, fantastic footage, many thanks :)

[@Moonerfirefighter]

That was so cool to see and hear, just WOW!

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

what is amazing is that that F- 104 is 60 years old, but it would still smoke that F- 16. literally and figuratively.😁

[@e36s50b30]

Absolutely wonderful to watch! Thank you so so much!

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

I lived near CFB Cold Lake Alberta Canada. The Starfigher would sneak up at you if you didn’t see it coming, low level-high speed, and scare the crap out of you until you got your senses back, then it was complete admiration.

[@jamesmagnum]

Amazing footage! Thanks for sharing and kudos to all who made this happen.

[@iowa61]

Congratulations! Great work Norway!

[@Thunder_6278]

A great plane is a great plane. After 70 years, still looks awesome.

[@sirhrmechanic2648]

Just fantastic! Great job to you and the team that restored this. I was just in Beaune, France and saw several of these derelict in a collection. It is amazing to see one flying. Thanks for making the video!

[@Steve52344]

LOVE its looks and whistling roar. "A missile with a man in it." I envy those who flew it. Beautiful.

[@billgund1206]

Love the sound of the J-79! Dad wasca 104 IP in the 60's. He still can't make up his mind which was his favorite: F-86 or F-104.

[@RobRuwit50]

Thanks for sharing Mr. Stranden!

[@rvborgh]

i grew up as US expat with the F-104 flying around overhead. Would drown out my dad's sermons (church was next to Taoyuan AB)... there's nothing like the distinctive howl of the Star Fighter :)

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

Thank you for sharing. Thats an impressive lens/ the distinctive howl of the 104 and j-79

[@Cta2006]

It's an F-16 that takes off in the beginning of the video. The Starfighter folllows after that.

[@keithdibden5755]

Great scenery.......by hey ! Who cares about scenery...Congratulations on giving this mighty bird wings again.Made me smile when you see both in the sky from afar...just which one with the nice smokey tail is 637 ?World needs more classic jets.Thank you.

[@RCHeliJet]

It looks like the Starfighter Pilot, try, landing Maneuver and the F-16 Pilot watch what he do ;-) nice Video

[@leatherneck62]

Awesome, that thing is a Beast waiting to be turned loose👍🇺🇸

[@sidewinder8382]

So cool to see and hear again. Brings me back to my younger days. Could easely tell what would take off from Kjeller, either the f-104 or a f5, first the destinct howl, than the roumble, making the vindows vibrating like hell :)

[@Aviation_Videos]

Sounds amazing

[@alessandrovinco4592]

Fantastico sempre bellissimo unico❤

[@sanfranciscobay]

On the radio prior to take off, the F16 Pilot said to the F104 Pilot "Please don't make me look slow."

[@NorwegianSpirit]

Kjempebra filmet! For en fantastisk begivenhet. Skulle så gjerne ha vært der.

[@kalashloy4179]

i swear this video have the longest freaking starfighter howl ever, lol absolutely fantastic

[@animalvanbeest9151]

great job filming this exciting moment!

[@rampking1]

Wish they still had the F-16/J79 prototype still flying

11:00 i love that special "howl" of the starfighter engine

[@valtermoras4317]

Beautiful video. Thank so much

[@brittishshorthair6709]

The sound of the 70’s at airshows and Soesterberg The Netherlands, camp new Amsterdam..wolfhounds..F15’s

[@SONAR016]

Wow, what a camera..! Out of focus the most important moments! Superb! Gotta get one for myself!

[@MAN394631]

Absolutely fantastic video, i turn the volume of my speakers very loud, that the table gets in vibration

[@crunks2955]

1:37 Holy shit the entire takeoff is just beautiful

[@willemstarfighter]

incredible sound of this starfighter in the air bij Bodo .

[@daltexasone]

Great stuff. Love the sound!!

[@F4GRAPHICS]

interesting to see how much dirtier the older jets contrails are in comparison to the F16

[@kmfiz]

Great landing vid of the 104

[@olejk]

F104 is the most stunning aircraft ever build. And she is the boss in the air! The pilot who flew this, told that when he gave a little trottle and accelerate, the F16 did not manage to follow

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

kosh1 of course not. the f 104 is a beast.

[@joshuathomas8529]

kosh1 I would love to see a race between f104, F4,f16 first to 600 wins

[@Robin6512]

Ah The Haul! Love that sound

[@espenkarlsen1576]

Jikes that must have been an exiting and slightly terrifying test flight....

[@MegaBuckBuck1]

Thanks for posting! Fantastic!

[@BlueBerry2283]

They were called "Vestfjordoksen" in Bodø. "The ox of the West-Fjord"

[@Q_82]

what a noise :D i love it

[@eivinstens6091]

Looks like his wingman is struggling to stay in formation when he adds power. :D

[@tacitblue1973]

You can hear the distinctive PW nozzle actuator wheeeeeeeet! on the F-16 as it idles to slow down on approach as it chases the 104 too.

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

I heard that too!

[@jerryavalos9610]

You can always tell if the fighter is older, they leave black trails behind them.

[@Manaritzis88]

Noisy and loud like a hysterical tiger

[@GENERATOR-924]

i was in this Aircraft F-TF-194G..............in Greece.........wowwwww..........the sound!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-)

[@derekstegall9811]

My two favorite jets ever good stuff

[@Deses]

You can tell which one is the newer """ecofriendly""" by the smoke trail. :)

[@olejk]

Maybe, but you can also tell who is the boss, by watching who is most aggressiv when accelerate. A F104 go faster, higher and climb more aggressive than F16.

[@Deses]

Probably because it was just following the star of the show at a leisure pace. If shit had to go down, it would be another story.

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Deses: the starfighter is faster. leave it to Kelly Johnson. he was a bad ass.😎

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

kosh1 done forget, the starfighter has a really high stall speed. probably the most of any fighter in Nato history. by its nature it took off and landed at a much higher rate of speed...plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

[@virgiliovazzari6743]

Thanks for share.

[@slengpung]

helt fantastisk video. gleder med til tirsdag da den skal til torp

[@mAxkAwAzX7r]

I wanna see that thing at airpower in austria - would be awesome!

[@willievanhetkerkhof286]

Best plane and best sound.

[@roymondszweda9788]

Fantastic sights and sounds!

[@73amxman98]

The biggest problem with the early GE J79 engines was its smoky exhaust with later ones not being as bad. I wonder how difficult it would be to install a more modern F100-PW-229 engine which has a lot more thrust, is lighter in weight and has a smaller diameter?

[@steveburton5825]

Not much point... the 104 was limited by the skin temperatures on the fiberglass nacelles at the engine intakes. The Canadians replaced them with stainless steel ones to do a record attempt in 1967 for the Canadian Centennial celebrations and managed to get another 200 knots out of it before they had to worry about other parts melting too. It already set time to climb and altitude records unmodified (and modified ones got to 120,000 feet and Mach 2.2)

[@kuvasik]

Awesome video!

[@ukspizzaman]

Great video! I had a private tour at the aviation museum at Gardermoen, and was allowed to climb into 469. Walked around with a stupid grin on my face for the rest of the day.

[@pilot3016]

WOW!

[@scottwins2]

F-104 had the greatest sound of all aircraft except maybe the p-51

[@jameshenry3530]

It must be a huge problem getting the necessary spare parts to keep the F-104 flying. Even such a mundane thing as tires are of a special size and perhaps have to be specially produced. I speak from years of experience on military flightlines.

[@richardperry5538]

One Word......Out of this World 🌎

[@jasonafterburner4596]

Awesome,just Awesome!!!

[@trainedwarrior502]

As my grandpa said, it's a jet engine with a cockpit and wings. I'd like to fly it.

[@EffeAle]

beautiful

[@leone4267]

Sempre fumosissimo il 104

[@AndreaTemporale]

Lo vedremo al centenario della aeronautica militare

[@zx7gp]

Hey question for all you guys who worked on them. Why do they seem to run so rich? That trail of smoke is like a steam train. Most beautiful fighter ever.

[@basimpsn]

Anyone notice @ 6:27 and 9:09 the turbulence generated by the wing also shape the exhaust smoke into a wing lol

[@Dan-qp1el]

The security across the river was keeping an eye on you

[@dlazarus6660]

Anybody notice the UFO at 6:09 just as the camera comes back in focus. It's darting from under the F-104 to the right.

[@MrTrango]

That was a seagull and therefor an IFO. ;-)

[@32tfs]

Wow great!

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

32TFS Aviation Mach 2 coffin.