F-104 Starfighter HOWLS LOUD at Airshow | AWESOME SOUND !!!

The long awaited norwegian CF-104D Starfighter made it`s appearance at the 2018 Danish Airshow in Aalborg. Unfortunately it started to rain when the Display started. Still some good loud howl of the J79 engine.
Aircraft Project Website:
www.starfighter...
Airshow:
danishairshow.dk/
Music:
The 126ers - The Low Seas

[@Gausdave213]

It’s funny these recomendations always pop up when a new War Thunder update is around the corner

[@LuhSosa444]

i swear

[@ZeroOnYourSix]

Yeah also happens to me lol

[@Red_Lion2000]

Hopefully soon it will recomend the top gun 2 trailer and Gaijin add the F14.

[@reggiesm4460]

Odd isn’t it.............

[@elghost1463]

Lol

[@Yosemite-George-61]

This guys are flying a priceless airplane in the rain... landind a 104 on a wet runway is risky... They deserve all the beer they can drink...

[@pierauspitz]

Norwegians ain't pussies. Besides, if the had to wait for dry conditions to fly, they might not get the plane out very often ;)

[@bebajoro77]

Couldn't agree more, he must have big ones of solid brass to take off and display her in such crappy conditions when he didn't have to. Especially when you consider what they're like at low altitude and low airspeed.

[@a-hvlogs2046]

@@bebajoro77 exactly, just flying the 104 took some balls, the Germans hated that thing

[@ernietheattorneycom]

in a major cross wind no less. These are my kind of pilots!

[@Thunderdog73]

So many highly experienced ex-104 pilots on yt!

[@tommy1138]

Beautiful aircraft. And to think, back in the 1950's these were a vision of the future, and now in 2019 they STILL look like a vision of the future! Mankind can create such beautiful things when they try.

[@John-kr7iz]

true, but they didn't get named widow maker by the pilots for nothing

[@hamzaomariqbal]

@@John-kr7iz was known as the Badmash (Hooligan) in the Pakistan Air Force

[@John-kr7iz]

@@hamzaomariqbal Pakistan had that plane to huh, didn't know that

[@bestcity0979]

@@hamzaomariqbal do they still use it?

[@hamzaomariqbal]

@@David-eh9le very effectively yes. Retired them as early as 1972 though after the US imposed an embargo on the spare parts

[@esteladapper8892]

That 1950s "space age" design is amazing. Please, guys, keep it flying forever.

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

They wasn't dubbed the widow maker for no reason a bad design but iconic looks and a great idea the small wings gave the starfighter some advantage

[@ABC-48483]

Looks awesome

[@russetwolf13]

​@@oldschoolfoil2365 design was fine, it was a highly specialized craft that every idiot under the sun took out of it's performance envelope and died doing it.

[@VLSG]

⁠@@russetwolf13 let me adjust that. the f104s design was fine. however the airframe was heavily subject to mission creep, which put it and it’s pilots in situations where they needed to push the jet beyond its performance envelope. The 116 German pilots and dozens more Americans who lost their lives flying this plane were not idiots, but were victims of a greater issue afflicting the US MIC and NATO.

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

The design was fine.

[@ChrisSmith-tj2sf]

62 years after USAF acceptance it's still one of the sexiest jets ever produced. A tribute to the aeronautical genius of Kelly Johnson.

[@NikoChristianWallenberg]

It was one of the worst aircraft in history y with its corrupt company causing the deaths of hundreds of pilots. A scandal involving all the bribes that were paid by the company - they knew how flawed the plane was, but wanted to push it through on the market. As Erich Hartmann, the greatest air force pilot in history put it; a fundamentally flawed design.

[@Thomas-fz9xw]

@@NikoChristianWallenberg While the bribing is unfortunate, that was not the cause of all that death--misunderstanding of its role was. It was a high-altitude air superiority fighter/interceptor (something it did _very_ well during that time period). Those stubby wings were not meant for low-altitude ground attack missions, which require a fast pitch up... Which just so happened to be the Starfighter's weakness.

[@vonVince]

@@NikoChristianWallenberg exactly so. The company put on millions in bribes around the world because they how bad the plane was. There was no "misunderstanding of its role" - the plane was fundamentally flawed and desperate to sell it the company put all these bribes while insisting that it was the plane everyone could use for everything - there is no "misunderstanding" about that.

[@Check_Vibe0]

they definitely misunderstood the aircraft An airframe designed for high altitude interceptions being used in low altitude for a role it wasn’t built for It was a greatly designed aircraft in many regards

[@kingofaesthetics9407]

@@Check_Vibe0 Exactly, it doesn't take a genius to see that. And some are ignoring the fact that the politicians of the countries who were bribed to purchase the aircraft CONTINUED to make their air forces fly the aircraft in a role it was never meant for even after the bribery was exposed. The governments of these countries are just as liable as Lockheed was for the lives lost.

[@somapusher]

Who needs wings to fly

[@afterburner2869]

somapusher Certainly not a helicopter.

[@penkagenova7073]

Afterburner optimus prime since he is able to fly without wings

[@penkagenova7073]

Oh shit I got the question wrong

[@ricky6608]

Afterburner Rotor blades function as wings

[@oceanhome2023]

AKA the Flying Brick !

[@geezer652]

As a kid living under Tyndall AFB's western approach, Without fail there was always one aircraft I could identify, Sight unseen.

[@aidanpysher2764]

I was stationed at Tyndall from around Christmas of 2015 to early 2018. I'm glad I wasn't there for hurricane Michael.

[@craigdeeds400]

As a teenager I lived in the eye of the landing pattern of Tinker AFB, OK and always ran outside to watch the 105 when I heard their distinctive honking howling when coming in to land. Loved it.

[@andreworiez8920]

For me it was the S-3 Viking...

[@andreworiez8920]

@Bushwhacker1861 Fellow Navy brat... Lived under the approach for NAS North Island, and I'll never forget the hum of the S-3 vikings

[@jimbosammy4255]

@@craigdeeds400 Now days it's B52, B2,B1,E3,

[@mastisu]

The missile with a man in it! Awesome!

[@nagomo8794]

The coffin* with a man in it! Awesome!

[@Dios67]

@@nagomo8794 Only for the Germans it seems.

[@boingobadger9846]

Dios67 Canada and other NATO nations had accidents with it too.

[@Dios67]

@@boingobadger9846 Accidents happen but nothing like what the Germans experienced.

[@boingobadger9846]

Dios67 I guess so

[@lw216316]

“To make landing speeds “reasonable,” The F-104 forced engine air through the wings to smooth the airflow and give more lift. With bleed air, the Zipper could land at the challenging but not extreme speed of 160 to 165 knots. If the air-bleed system was not working, landing speeds climbed to 240 knots.”

[@andrewurbanczyk6228]

Jesus christ thats almost at the speed limit for under 10000 ft

[@patrickrabion9473]

Yup, landing one of these is like a controlled crash!

[@nigelkerr3102]

..at less than 80% power the blown flaps system didn't work. The Starfighter was almost impossible to land without it - 'there was only one course of action left to take....'

[@ironmantooltime]

Jezus christ just make the wings bigger ffs 😳

[@TacticalPhoenixYT]

@@ironmantooltime It was made this small for high mach travel. Back then, it was the fastest aircraft.

[@pyroglyphics]

This is one of the coolest fuel to noize converters ever made!! But let's not forget the formidable Vulcan howl!!

[@harleyme3163]

only the american one's had a gun... the first tests killed a few of em mid flight the ammo door rattled open and the plane disintegrated mid flight..

[@EnterpriseXI]

One of the most Underappreciated and underrated aircraft ever. It wasn’t the aircraft’s design that caused all those accidents, it was the environment the plane was forced to fly in which was flying fast at low altitude. Her comfort zone was fast and high.

[@elcidS15]

Well technically it was designed in a way that required that so it actually is the design’s fault. Still a cool plane that takes some big ol’ nuts to fly.

[@daslynnter9841]

@@elcidS15 that's like saying a drill is poorly designed because it's bad at driving nails. If it's designed to be flown high and fast, and you don't use it as such, that is the definition of user error. Though given how difficult it was to land I think there is a case for it's poor design in that regard

[@elcidS15]

Daslynnter So you’re saying I’m wrong and then saying the same thing I did in the end. Wut?

[@EnterpriseXI]

elcidS15 Saying anyone is wrong that’s my opinion plus I wasn’t replying to Your comments this is my own comment

[@NikoChristianWallenberg]

No, it was one of the worst aircraft in history y with its corrupt company causing the deaths of hundreds of pilots. A scandal involving all the bribes that were paid by the company - they knew how flawed the plane was, but wanted to push it through on the market. As Erich Hartmann, the greatest air force pilot in history put it; a fundamentally flawed design.

[@theothertonydutch]

Never in history was there an aircraft that actually looked like it's namesake.

[@user-gi2cz8jt6w]

«Widowmaker» & «Flying Coffin»

[@siy1580]

That was only the Germans that tried to use it as ground support and not as it was meant to be used

[@harleyme3163]

the manned missile ;-) or widowmaker? not many know mostly pilots :-( but there were 2.... the xb5 ... er whatever "flying pancake" :-)

[@dlew223]

@@siy1580 yeah this plane was not designed or intended to fly down hard and fast and come back up again. It was designed to fly hard and fast.

[@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150]

@@user-gi2cz8jt6w your tanks are known as “grave for three brothers” lol

[@The4GunGuy]

OMG I LOVED this plane growing up! It's thrust to weight ratio meant that it was one of the few jets that could truly go "vertical" for an extended period. Also, the leading edge of the wing was covered with felt when not flying because it was literally razor sharp.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

Not literally. It’s about the width of a pencil, maybe a little smaller.

[@The4GunGuy]

According to articles I've read, the leading edge was 0.41mm or 0.0157 inches...That's pretty sharp.@@FS2K4Pilot

[@stinkyfungus]

They are about as sharp as a dull axe. Which is to say, a plausible gash hazard if you aren't careful and whang your head on it. I've laid hands on a starfighters wing leading edge. It's not sharp enough to cut unless you bump into it with a "hard" body part with some force. The aircraft is also deceptively small, the only way most folks could even hit thier head on the wing would be if they were ducking under it to get to say... the main gear bay. It looks way bigger in photos and videos than it actually is. If you stand next to one... it's pretty small compared to most modern jets. An F4 phantom absolutely dwarfs it. It's 5 feet longer than an F16 but about 3 feet shorter to the top of the tail. It's also only got a 22 foot wingspan, the F16's is 32 feet.

[@sid7088]

Less than half a millimeter thick, yes it will cut you.

[@sski]

Amazing aircraft, wonderful sound, and pilots with balls to continue such a display in such crappy weather. Great video!

[@nagomo8794]

y kno they called him flying cofin right ?

[@Nub_Pootin]

@@nagomo8794 Mybe becouse they used it for the wrong purpose.

[@nagomo8794]

@@Nub_Pootin no because this plane was pure garbage :)

[@Nub_Pootin]

@@nagomo8794 Ask it to the German, that used it as a dive bomber and not as it was supposed to be used, as an interceptor. :)

[@Mryodamiles]

nagomo The plane was ok.. there were some issues. But high fatality rate among German pilots was due to them taking high altitude interceptor and turn it into all weather fighter and dive bomb with it....they also modified original 104 to do this... it’s hardly the same plane that US was using...

[@mikecernick5575]

104 Starfighter sounded like it had pure hell poured inside of her and just wanted to unleash it . One of my favourite single engine fighters of its time.

[@travisgamble8765]

That sounds...omg that sound...*shivers*....it cut through the rain just fine...thank you for uploading this.....637 was a Canadair (licensed from Lockheed) built bird that first served in the RCAF and then was transferred to RoNAF service. It is a VERY dedicated group of Norwegian volunteers that put this lady back in the sky!

[@rogeroday9408]

I grew up in the 60’s near Luke AFB in Arizona. The Germans trained in 104’s there. At that time and until the F-35, I never heard a jet so loud. I can’t say the F-35 is louder but they are close. Love the classic lines of the 104. Called the missile with a man in it.

[@afsecurity]

Was stationed at Luke 74-76. Very familiar sound. When working the swing shift on the flightline, it was common to hear the 104s engines whining while they were being worked on. Also, guarded a number of them after they crashed, was nicknamed the "widowmaker" for a reason.

[@bunnyb2006]

I grew up in Bodø in the late 70's and early 80's, where the 2 Norwegian 104-squadrons (331 and 334) were based. Both my father and grandfather worked on the base and I remember coming to work with them from time to time to see the planes and visit the squadrons. A couple of my fathers friends flew these planes, and they used to show me around and let me sit in the cockpit from time to time (restrictions were a lot looser back then). My grandfather also got a backseat-ride in the 104 at one point, and I remember forcing him to tell the story time and time again. The sound of this beautiful aircraft is definitely the sound of my childhood. I still get goosebumps when I hear the J79 howling. In Bodø at the time (and still) the Starfighter was nicknamed "Vestfjordoksen", translated in English meaning the Western Fjord Bull, because of the howling being similar to the lowing of a bull while flying on full afterburner over the Western Fjord on QRA-scrambles to intercept and identify Russian aircraft flying west along the coast of Northern Norway. If my memory serves me right, 104's from Bodø were the first NATO-planes to intercept and photograph the then brand new MIG-25 Foxbat off the coast of Finnmark. One of the pilots commented afterwards that the Foxbat's two engines seemed so large while he came up behind and slightly below it, that he felt the 104 could fit in one of them.

[@johnmpifer]

Morten Stein That Pilot wasn’t far off the mark.

[@brostenen]

I would have loved to be in your position. The 104 was the plane that I loved the most, when I was a child. Mostly because of the movie "the right stuff".

[@squidlovescake-2256]

This sound brings back memories when i camped for 2 weeks near Volkel airbase (NL) in the beginning of the 80's. A 4 hour ride on my fully packed bicycle, feeling free, having lots of fun. Hearing this sound again gave me tears, thanks for sharing !

[@TralfazConstruction]

Gorgeous aircraft. A childhood friend loved F-104, this being back in the early-'60s, and had numerous (at least a dozen) models of the aircraft. Some were hung from the ceiling lending the impression that a squadron had been sortied for some mission.

[@terrywest111]

This is still one of the most beautiful aircraft ever to fly! What a grand old lady! I would have loved to have seen it up close!

[@59cvlpekhlua75]

Guy1: we need fast plane for interception Guy2: kay F-104 appear Guy1: wheres the wings? Guy2: you say fast not fast and manuverable

[@shane99ca]

It was known as the "missile with a man in it." Unfortunately, it was also known as the Widowmaker.

[@gusty9053]

@@shane99ca That was partly due to forcing the plane into roles it was never designed for and difficult take off and landing characteristics coupled with poor training practices. Virtually all the "century fighters" were notoriously difficult in take off and landing due to the extremely high landing/take off speed and the low power of the early jet engines.

[@shane99ca]

@@gusty9053 Those old planes were actually faster than the modern ones-something most people don’t know. The F-18 and F-35 are slugs compared to the century fighters, let alone the Teen series, which are considered by many to be the high-water mark of U.S. fighter design. The F-22, in spite of its advanced airframe, is slower than the F-15 Eagle it was meant to replace; the F-35, despite prodigious amounts of thrust, couldn't hope to catch an F-104. The F-101 was flown by both Canada and the U.S. (in the latter case, until the late 1980s). Accident rate was acceptable. The F-104 was flown by numerous air forces; infamously, both Germany and Canada ultimately lost about half their F-104s; the Spaniards, on the other hand, lost none. The F-105 had a high loss rate because it saw combat; the F-106 was known as a “gentleman’s fighter” because of how easy it was to fly. A problem specific to the F-104 (and to a lesser extent the F-101) was the high tail plane, which restricted angle of attack. You’ll note that no modern fighters use this arrangement.

[@g-wolf9445]

@@shane99ca I think these days speed has taken a back door to stealth. It's not about how fast you can get in and out but getting in and out without anyone seeing you. The F-117 proved that during the Gulf War. I love watching these old planes. A great place to see planes is RAF Duxford or RAF Fairford during the Royal International Air Tattoo. Interesting side note, the only SR-71, including an engine from the SR-71, on display outside of the U.S. is at Duxford.

[@shane99ca]

@@g-wolf9445 Not so much stealth, as multirole capability. Jet fighters are expensive and there is considerable incentive to get as much use as possible out of each unit. So we have fewer interceptors and air-superiority fighters, more jack-of-all-trades planes-which necessarily includes compromising straight-line performance. Thanks for the info about the Blackbird in Duxford. :)

[@zachboyd4749]

The 104 is quite special to me. When I was less than 1, a die cast F-104 became the very first model airplane I ever owned. Now, significantly beat up, it’s sitting proudly on a shelf with 6 dozen others!

[@bigimskiweisenheimer8325]

This showed up in my suggestions after I purchased a couple air to surface missles on ebay.

[@GeneralKato]

To the one video graphing this; excellent work, truly excellent. Thank you.

[@fleetwarrior75]

The Lawn Dart... gotta admit it's a pretty bird!

[@geoffspitfire5160]

They dont make them like that anymore! Magnificent! Thanks for posting.

[@voornaam3191]

A spitfire was a fierce girl, wasn't it? Girls were flying the Spits from the factory to the RAF... And did you know this? Soviet Spitfires: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omSumZywmK1mrNU

[@brostenen]

True. Now they make them more safe. It is iconic because of its shape, never the less.

[@bigimskiweisenheimer8325]

These planes killed a lot of pilots. Not a good design. But they look cool. 😎

[@NikoChristianWallenberg]

"They don't make them like that anymore" - you mean one of the worst aircraft in history with its corrupt company causing the deaths of hundreds of pilot.

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

Beautiful. I miss the howl. Cheers from Ottawa Canada.

[@MeMyselfI_69]

One of the first models I ever built was a F-104.

[@timsgta]

As old as this design is I still think it is completely badass, relevant and beautiful!

[@ShellMartijn]

Best sound ever from this beauty! I love this video.

[@epicscratcher5162]

Nickname "The Widow Maker" R.i.p To the fallen pilots

[@m.h.9755]

Or "Erdnagel".

[@KenLeonard]

Know a guy who punched out of a star fighter and lived to fly again.

[@anticomunista2148]

Because it was designed as an interceptor, and the germans tried to use it as a multirole

[@AzureWallace]

@@anticomunista2148 Canadians had their fair share of mishaps too, nearly half the units they purchased

[@anydaynow01]

@@anticomunista2148 Yeah my dad was a radar tech for the air force in the 50's and 60's and felt sorry for all the Germans that disappeared from the scopes.

[@odiwolf6627]

That engine sound!!! Closed my eyes and have been in my childhood in the 70's. Great!!

[@Sundfornuft]

Just my words

[@alfa-fratelli1541]

Impressive video and despite the speed, the camera work is fine. I have heard this sound, as a child, for years from the Dutch Air Force base at Gilze Rijen. ( Squadron 316-Netherlands )

[@fraserhenderson7839]

Yes, part of the soundtrack of my childhood as well. I lived at CFB Cold Lake in Canada in the sixties and the Starfighter was always in evidence.

[@alfa-fratelli1541]

Maybe an idea to hear from the viewers of this video : " Where did you hear, at that time, your Starfighter sound" ( location)?

[@gavinhassett479]

LAHR west germany canadian air force 79 to 82

[@cf6282]

Alfa, same here! I can recall a Sunday when they were out flying with a bunch of them. Which was unusual for that time in my memory. Come Monday and they were buzzing the guys that hijacked a train up North! They had been practicing for that. I can also recall a flyby of two NF5’s gear and flaps down. A Starfighter had taken off before them and I was wondering where it was. I looked around behind us and I just saw it screaming at the back of the huge crowd. The sound was amazing with the afterburner going full blast. I had a huge grin on my face. About a decade later I got drafted and did my Officers training at the Airbase. To return later as a BCO on the Flycatcher. It was many, many moons ago.

[@zigg3600]

i think it is a ex dutch begous of the red white blue on the wing greets from holland ;-)

[@rsoul7282]

Very brave indeed to be flying an F-104 Lawn Dart in 2018, especially in that weather, good stuff 👍

[@MrHouse-ww3sn]

R Soul lol

[@MichelLinschoten]

R Soul yah because you flown these all the time ... when do you idiots get it?! Rain does not affect skill they are pilots for a reason. It’s their job

[@thedino8378]

@@MichelLinschoten f104 had ton of problems and it was a dangerous plane to fly

[@DOVM6336]

TheBiLangueGamingDino the plane was fine the problem was the way they tried to use it too fast and wings too small

[@civmike]

If you guys wanna speak on flying through the rain, it’s no easy task. And if you wanna brag and say it isn’t drop your flying hours and experience to back it up ;)

[@amyni617]

I love F104 Starfighter. It was the main feature of every military parade in the country that I grew up in in the 1960s to 1990s. Too bad so many of our pilots had to die in those crashes.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

That was a bright summer's day in Denmark!

[@32ndWolfhounds]

I'm in love with this plane and her smoke and sound! Great video, big like.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Then GE redesigned the burners, and adversaries couldn't track it visually any more. Wanna guess which burner version the pilots preferred?

[@32ndWolfhounds]

@@jacquesblaque7728 Haha, I think the one without the smoke :)

[@idontcareaboutyou7757]

the loud f-104 whistle is one of the best memories of my childhood

[@aircooledorion]

That thottle blip we could aways tell that a F-104 was taxiing on the ramp at upper heyford the noise would reverberate around the base no matter where you were you could hear it. Ive played this video back so many times just to hear it, I dont know why but all tha pilots blip the thottle on the star fighter, brought back happy memories...thank you

[@Troubleshooter125]

Now THAT is what you call a CLASSIC aircraft! Many thanks for posting this!

[@russhoffman6301]

The howl of the engine is downright demonic and I love it

[@richardmeftah2569]

Everything about this video is just brilliant! The F104 was and still is a stunning aircraft that I love to see as a kid! Very nice work from the cameraman too in such awful weather, that's some serious commitment! 👏🏼

[@PaddyPatrone]

Thank you!

[@kevinreist7718]

The F-104 was almost chosen to be the jet used by the thunder birds aerobatic team. But some pilots found them difficult to control. Turbulence from the wings apparently gave the T- Tail flight control problems, Too bad. it was truly a beautiful plane.

[@JohnS916]

The Starfighter was the most badass fighter jet ever manufactured.

[@500erider]

I just want to state the fact that I agree with everything that the commentator said on the loud speaker, 100 %.

[@PaddyPatrone]

I wonder what he said?

[@lw216316]

wow, really impressed with that landing - any landing close to 200mph is exceptional

[@johndoerr5932]

Any one who has been around a J-79, whether a 104 or a F-4 will love the howl

[@turbojet7982]

Big Respect for this Great up who is filmed in heavy rain , thank`s for sharing this !

[@narcos5598]

The J79 is a pretty smokey engine. This plane is legend.

[@narcos5598]

@Charles Nelson indeed, but they climbed as none else at that time, pure scramble plane

[@gsauceprimary9363]

I have gotten to see her up close at her home in bodø and she is one beautiful piece of machinery

[@valtermoras4317]

Beautiful video. I have been lucky to work on this Aircraft in Italian Air Force. Congratulations for the Team that has restored this CF-104D Starfighter. The sound of the engine is characteristic General Electric J79-Ge17. Howling sound.

[@andreasadam4127]

The Starfighter have the General Electrics J79 GE- 11 A Engine and the F-4 Phantom have the J 79 GE-17 Engine.

[@BasTSLA]

who see this video after the new Warthunder Update?

[@MrDannyArcher]

9gb update... as a guy with only 300kb/s internet, rip my daily login reward streak :(

[@jiaruiyan870]

MrDannyArcher nah it’ll be kept for a few days, you’ll be just fine.

[@rafis0734]

Me lol

[@guiguiferrand2296]

Me 😎😂

[@zub41r75]

Waiting for the stupid flat earthers to come here and say “it’s releasing chem trails”. They’re dumbasses

[@jamesstark3402]

That thing is hideously loud and obnoxiously smoky! (I love it)

[@imtoooldforthisstuff]

"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air. "Up, up the long delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, where never lark, or even eagle, flew; and, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God." ~John Gillespie MaGee Jr.

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Beautiful!

[@user-gi2cz8jt6w]

«Widowmaker» & «Flying Coffin»

[@bchuntfish]

I love this plane. My great uncle worked on them for the RCAF. We had a cottage near a CDN AFB and we used to see them every fly low over our cottage every year for the birthday of a RCAF hero Wilfred Curtis who's family had a cottage right next to us.

[@nicerperson1]

That plane sounds like "Supercar" from my childhood (an animated series back in the 60's)

[@mizzesorru]

I remeber running scared under the table as a 2/3 year old as these 104's flew low above my house... Then I developed a strong love for these amazing machines ..I was waiting for them to fly by...I went to see them at theyr base in Decimomannu...and the phantoms..

[@Predda00]

Howl at 3:20 very nice

[@giancarlomoscetti215]

one of the best aircraft of all time. It took years for another plane to beat its records of time-to-altitude, and that was an equally awesome plane, the F-15.

[@aesop8694]

Giancarlo. This plane was a pilot killer. "Flying Coffin"

[@gijsbertuslaurensvandevooren]

The F5 did well

[@demanischaffer]

@@aesop8694 for untrained pilots or inadequately trained pilots I've never heard stories about anything other then German Starfighters being widow makers

[@aesop8694]

@@demanischaffer Yes it was also called the widow maker as well as the flying coffin.You mention untrained pilots being part of the cause, how is it that this phenomena did not occur with other aircraft?

[@demanischaffer]

@@aesop8694 German pilots without enough training or experience were taken from their subsonic Sabers and put into a mach 2 capable high altitude interceptor, to be used for low altitude missions Using Canada as an example, it's CF-104 starfighters were used as high altitude interceptors, and had a higher safety rating then the sabers the RCAF operated The F-104 was dangerous to fly if you didn't know what you were doing, it had quirky flight characteristics that less experienced pilots would mess up on Which goes into the Luftwaffe problem, The Luftwaffe was reformed and a lot of former pilots and ground crew had entered the civilian workforce, so pilots in the reformed Luftwaffe were given short refresher courses on first generation jets, ground crews were also very similar The Luftwaffe also flew their starfighters as low altitude fighter bombers and equipped them with additional avionics which added to weight and pilot workload which attributed to a lot of controlled flight into terrain, Other nations had better luck, Norway only lost 6 Starfighters to accidents, with the Spanish airforce having the best statistics with no Spanish starfighters lost due to accidents

[@okrajoe]

Loud and proud.

[@infinitecanadian]

I remember seeing a pair of these revving up their engines at the Abbotsford Air Show in the 1990s. Such a distinctive sound.

[@maddogmcrae]

Sometimes the engine makes a loud BANG when the afterburner gets lit.

[@marcogrossi6334]

Great memories with my F_104. An exceptional machine 💞🕊️

[@bakkerem1967]

Basically a manned rocket, but _what_ a sound !!... Awesome !

[@guidelinesR4pooCz]

I love the F-104s, there's nothing like flying a manned missile at 120,000ft going incredibly fast at the cost of stability, They are my all tike favorite.

[@CollinTheSav]

3:25 started giving me chills

[@Kwajdaddy1]

What a great video of a great airplane! I've always loved the Kelly Johnson design and the fact that it was the basis of the U-2 also. Watching this video is seems apparent that Bill Lear had this plane in mind when developing the original Lear-23 biz jet. Thanks for this video!

[@cade5745]

gaijin better put this thing in the german tech tree

[@FUGxMICHI]

It will. 7 starfighters are confirmed

[@StruggleGaming]

YOU GET A STARFIGHTER, AND YOU GET A STARFIGHTER, AND YOU, AND YOU, EVERYBODY GETS A STARFIGHTER!

[@namespacestd131]

@@StruggleGaming no I want a porsche 😜

[@ibeastee2435]

@@namespacestd131 and lambos the next time

[@stilirisermichonta5603]

It is

[@beefyiceman94]

Ahh yes ASMR F-104 howl with a touch of rain in the background... Beautiful.

[@malcolmnicholls2893]

104 famously dangerous in bad weather!

[@petersmith7126]

They didn't call it the flying coffin for nothing it was leathal in any weather

[@KillerKev1961]

As a kid living in Novato CA in the 1960s close to Hamilton AFB, I remember the F-104s, F-106s and pretty much all Century series of aircraft that were assigned to or visiting. Every once in a while an"accidental" (lol) sonic boom could be heard. I remember when a Thunderbirds F-105 crashed there, and the Thuds were never flown with the TB again.

[@knightflightvideo]

Sehr schönes Video vom Starfighter. Daumen hoch! :)

[@michaelthomas4081]

A very historical plane , also known as the widow Maker by some pilots... However these guys are good handling this thing .. very awesome

[@sablatnic8030]

The sound of a real jet!!

[@joebutlersnr7017]

As a kid in the 60s I collected bubble gum cards of aircraft , my favorite was the starfighter with futuristic looks and that name and it still looks futuristic now .

[@F4Wildcat]

Cant wait to fly this baby in ace combat 7!

[@RKZX2]

i don't know how it performs in the game, but in reality, it's an interceptor, not a dogfighter. the small wings easily show that.

[@nizicike759]

F-104 launched a missile and then find that the missile is far behind him.

[@toxic_venom1129]

It performs beautifully in the game. I've flown the thing. It's a great fighter

[@F4Wildcat]

@@toxic_venom1129 For real? I used to know a Belgian starfighter pilot. Saddly died but he never felt so empty the day the f104 was replaced.

[@toxic_venom1129]

@@F4Wildcat it was a dark day it was replaced

[@stephenlong1125]

I used to live in Largo fla and a private company had a pair of 104s hangered at st pete clw airport. I always love to see them fly over,it was awsome and damn they are LOUD!!

[@pknzip]

F104 Forever :-O

[@adriangoede7433]

Damn, what a wicked aircraft. Regardless of all of its sordid history, the 104 will remain one of my favorite jet fighters of all time.

[@Jabols999]

Who got this in their recommendations after War Thunder Star Fighter update?

[@robertodeleon-gonzalez9844]

Years ago, the Puerto Rico Air National Guard flew this airplane, and the chief complaint about it was - it was LOUD. As a teen, I saw one landing at SJU, and the noise and vibration made me imagine that every nut and bolt on the car I was in would come loose.

[@SagucuTegin]

"Flying Coffin"

[@smitbar11]

Often referred to as the "Widow-Maker" but an iconic plane

[@Herr_Jehmineh]

Danish sounds like a German had a stroke. ;) #nooffence

[@adam632]

hot potato

[@luffedeluxe5262]

@ʀᴀᴢᴏʀʙᴀᴄᴋɢᴇʀᴍᴀɴɪᴀ wow dude, what did we ever do to you?

[@mattdickson2]

Luffe DeluXe i reported that jerks comment. he’s clearly a racist and a xenophobe

[@Micro-Lander]

Matt Dickson Bro why the fuck are you taking this seriously

[@chungushook]

Matt Dickson dont be a dinophobe luigi

[@CGphotoart]

that howling occurs round about 80 percent of thrust...anyhow I love it...thx for the video ...and thx Norge to preserve that wonderful bird its a real Beauty

[@519CZRacer]

Fantastic! Is this a post restoration flight? I didn’t know there were any airworthy F-104’s remaining.

[@bokfinkenknut]

Yes, this F-104 has been restored by an enthusiastic gang of former Starfighter mechanics and other airplane enthusiasts. The pilot is normally flying F-16's - but have been trained to handle this wonderful bird. It's the only airworthy Starfighter left in whole of Europe This F-104 is stationed in Bodø, in northern Norway. They have this website: www.starfighter.no

[@steveclaptonfan9657]

I believe Canada still has a few 104's that still fly.

[@johnwayne7260]

Stafighters.com has 2 one single one double as I recall.

[@kimisdaman]

There is a "fleet" - pictures show three in flight together - in the U.S. flown by Starfighters Aerospace that used to do airshows and provide rides for private customers, but they signed a government contract a few years ago, and I don't think they appear publicly anymore.

[@voornaam3191]

The Bodø one is flying on KZbin too. They are not that stealth. Look and thou shallt find. Bodø, tusen takk.

[@FFRavenOne]

I don't know what it is about tandem seat aircraft but they almost always look better then their single seat counterparts. Makes the 104 even sexier than normal.

[@Dickusification]

if you saw these scrambling during the cold war in Europe then ww3 would have started.

[@voornaam3191]

Why didn't they develop the F-35 instead? That would have been a real surprise for those MiG-25's! The next models are always just a little bit better. Mach 30 still makes those things red hot, so they all fly "with the handbrakes on" so to say. When will that heat problem be solved? Or is it really a power, material properties, amount of fuel and range dilemma? There were rocket powered F-104's too, and that's quite some years ago. Do you know that? Are there modern jets that do the same trick? I known there are booster rockets for extra take off power. Would a carbon fuselage F-104 with modern avionics add something? Or is the wingload far to high, full of modern ordonance and full of fuel? Have there been F104 variants with slightly larger wings? Or is that considered blasphemy here? Okay, a lot of shots in the air. Should I just see and read more of aviation history? Or do you have interesting answers? Please surprise me.

[@flexelsson1625]

Voor Naam F-35 during the cold war?? what?? mach 30?? Tech was nowhere near advanced enough in the 60’s/70’s for the F-35

[@voornaam3191]

@@flexelsson1625 Yes, and that is exactly my point. Why is progress and development so slow? Tiny steps forward. Why not a breakthrough? Supersonic airliners are finally back. Get that fuel waisting drag down. Don't just give up the Concorde, solve that problem! Now we are decades further, and is fuel consumption actually much better for those supersonic machines? I wonder. That impatience and surprise how things are done is the base for my jokes. Business as usual is not the smartest approach. Let all those aviation companies cooperate. Now three companies invest a lot of time in a design, and only one will be built. That's ridiculous, let them combine their best ideas and the result can be better. But no, things are done this way, and nobody can change that. The dinosaur effect. Old conservative men in charge. Not all are cool. That's why the F-35 is flying 50 years too late. Those metals needed were in the ground already, 50 years ago. And you can recycle aluminum. Computers were not that fast, that makes design completely different. That's true.

[@phillipleblanc7823]

Growing up an Air Force brat in Lahr, West Germany, from 1967-72, the sounds of these amazing fighters were always in the sky.

[@venusonfire7606]

War thunder?

[@damaan1243]

War Thunder.

[@markussnyman8695]

War Thunder.

[@ianstewartaviation2634]

Great display despite the weather hope we see it in the UK sometime thanks for sharing

[@Warbirds]

das ding ist mal der hammer

[@firepower7017]

Alleswasspassmacht Man if that thing can kill your pilots I don't know if any country would have a pilot that can even takeoff with the thing

[@Warbirds]

Ja bekannt als der Witwenmacher

[@David-eh9le]

@James Bembel lag aber nicht am Flugzeug an sich. Andere Nationen hatten keine Problem meines Wissens nach. Es liegt eher daran dass wir das Ding unter anderem Für CAS benutzt haben.

[@platoon1026]

Summer of 1959, I was at NAS Jacksonville. An F-104 was flying out ahead of a hurricane. Stopped to refuel and then a checkout in the hangar. Rolled out of the hangar, hit the afterburner and was out of sight in less than 10 seconds.

[@howled0]

war thunder boys???

[@HughofNeutron]

One of my favorite planes of the USAF! Just such beauty and love the sound. Its so unique!

[@torukonosamurai]

nick name : flying coffin or widow maker ..

[@oceanhome2023]

AKA Flying Brick !

[@hunterfisher1294]

Kelly Johnson designed this jet it was the favorite plane of Colonel Jack Bailey was a great friend of mine he was a test pilot . He also served in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam god bless our service men for the sacrifice they make for us.

[@rlake349]

Kids, it doesn’t get any cooler than this!

[@stevefowler2112]

Not real well known but the main reason Lockheed was able to produce the U-2 so quickly in '55 when they got the request for a high flying recon plane was they used the 104's fuselage, dropped the twin horizontal stabilizer wings down and put long straight wings on it, massaged the nose and wallah the U-2 was born (a Ph.D. Aerospace Engineer who works for a large American defense contractor's Aero company.