▶️FULL POWER HOWL Afterburner F-104 STARFIGHTER Leeuwarden

[@highlanderlj]

The F-104 is basically a missile with wings on it. Still a legend after all these decades. One of my absolute FAVES!

[@brian4575]

The "missle with a man in it"

[@_bellona_792]

The Manual Missile

[@itsallgood6146]

I’m with u on this one bro forreal ⭐️

[@TheMaurideep]

a rocket with a brave human seated on it 🤠

[@christianw.7824]

It's a flying coffin after all.

[@fransmargadant]

On May 18, 1958, an F-104A set a World Speed ​​Record at 2260 km/h. On December 13, 1958, an F-104A reached an altitude of 20,000 meters in a record time of only 3 min. 42.99 sec. On December 14, 1959, an F-104C set an altitude record (31.5 km). The Starfighter was the first aircraft to simultaneously hold world records for speed, altitude and rate of climb. Nickname: 'howling howland'

[@nurderbvbabernurderbvb]

And Widowmaker, ground nail, rocket with wings, wings only to carry weapons and position light,.... In germany: you want a starfighter? Buy some land and wait

[@jamesmochan854]

​@@nurderbvbabernurderbvb3:05

[@skeligun]

My grand father used to work on these 😊 apparently he’d tell my grandmother that he was off to “band practice” (because he also played jazz) as a cover. Super proud of him, rip grand dad! Your stories were amazing! Lockheed is quite the company.

[@fransmargadant]

Wow, nice!!

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

Great but that bell was so annoying. Starfighter, "Hear my howl" Vulcan. "Hold my beer" Great to see that F104 in the Air though, stunning aircraft.

[@SkinnerBeeMan]

Shit I thought they lost a bearing

[@randyturner4103]

MILITARY AIRCRAFT JET FIGHTER F-104 STARFIGHTER /CAPABILITIES

[@ValiantXD818]

You know I cannot work out which howl I like the most the f104 or the vulcan. Both howls are absolutely amazing to hear and give me goosebumps each time I hear them but I cannot decide what ones better.

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

@@ValiantXD818 agreed, both sound great. Another jet that I think sounds awesome is the SAAB Draken. Not so much of a howl but sounds great. And that afterburner flame, almost as long as the Draken looks incredible.

[@fransmargadant]

We hear you and also the howl!

[@johndemas4491]

That was so nice for the bell and the wind to be in sync with each other...

[@slueccroll4661]

hahahah, yeah whats the bell for, please take it down!

[@henkdelange3107]

@@slueccroll4661 It is there to warn the car traffic on the base for incoming or departing planes.

[@fredfox3851]

@@henkdelange3107 Thank you. I was wondering also.

[@haraldschurr1035]

what a terrible noise that bell makes

[@fransmargadant]

Yup, really annoying sound indeed, sorry about that folks!

[@timhollamby8728]

Still a badass piece of machinery 60 years later...Thank you Clarence Kelly Johnson...The greatest aviation engineer who ever lived..

[@christianw.7824]

The "greatest" aviaton engineer created a flying coffin. 1/3 of the western German fleet crashed down 😂

[@fransmargadant]

He earned renown for his contributions to many noteworthy aircraft designs, especially the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes, but also including the P-38 Lightning, P-80 Shooting Star, and F-104 Starfighter, among others.

[@la_old_salt2241]

​@christianw.7824 It wasn't that bad, POLITICIANS tried to use it as a multiple fighter. It wasn't designed for that purpose and that's when the issues started.

[@fransmargadant]

@@la_old_salt2241 Yep, as Always .....

[@rcc2917]

US Air Force vet here, 1967-1970..Stationed at Torrejon Ab, TDYs to Wheelus and Incirlik. The Turks flew these F-104's in those years. I saw one of these make a wheels up belly landing at Incirlik. They foamed the runway and the pilot did an admirable job..he lived which is what is most important.

[@fransmargadant]

Wow, any landing where you get out alive is a good landing

[@pappamurphytacos2771]

Im real upset that someone decided to ring their cowbell over this masterpiece

[@fransmargadant]

That's right, it's the bell of the base itself that is right in front of the spotters place. It was just replaced this week and it is even louder. This is the reason that I am no longer on the spotters place for video recordings. The bell is for traffic passing the head of the runway.

[@genuinetuffguy1854]

Yeah, that bell was very distracting.

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Well, at least the J-79’s afterburner is more than loud enough to drown it out lol…at least if it is close enough

[@steene.h.christensen5467]

The howl has nothing to do with the afterburner. The howl is created in the intake ducts, as if it were an organ pipe when the engine is under loaded. It is very loud when standing a few meters from the airkraft. I have been servicing on this plane for four years :-)

[@flyfaen1]

And this you are shure of? Because they make the same howl in test-stand operation with no aircraft intake duct on it (or aircraft around it at all)...

[@andy530i]

This guy says not, I think I trust him ! :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6KnlJZja9OIrJI

[@andy530i]

@@flyfaen1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6KnlJZja9OIrJI

[@flyfaen1]

@@andy530i Exactly :), the -7 (and -11 if I'm not mistaken) makes the howl, due to the configuration/design of the petals in the exhaust nozzle. Later versions of the J79 did not howl like these...

[@steene.h.christensen5467]

@@andy530i Thanks for the good info. So it is neither the intake nor the afterburner that makes the howl, but the exhaust nozzle with shorter blades that the GE J79 engine in an F104 is equipped with. The small flame at the bottom of the afterburner you can see at 18.35 is the pilot burner, which ignites the extra fuel that was injected when activating the afterburner. Then we got that mystery solved :-)

[@stevehill4557]

I served 6yrs active in naval aviation Avation electronics tech in RVAH9. We flew RA5C vigilantes mach 2+ aircraft. They had two j79 engines. I worked the fIight deck on four carriers. Yes i have va hearing disablity...

[@fransmargadant]

Thank you for your service, Sir! 👍

[@joopgerritsen449]

They came over my house, when i lived near the airforce base. Man oh man, the sound was so beautifull, i will never forget.

[@henrikbunkenborg6743]

Ditto

[@fransmargadant]

Ditto

[@richardbunting1031]

As I recall they had a terrible safety record?

[@MatthewPettyST1300]

I had the very scary "pleasure " of back in 1975 in Germany By Hanau at the FliegerHorst Kassern leaving the airfield on one of my first solo flights in a Cessna 150 out to my training area. Cruising at 3000 feet , I was split by maybe 50 feet above and 50 feet below by 2 Germain F-104's at 90 degrees to my flight path. Scary as that was...I loved it. I love the F-104. I built a model on my bedroom shelf that made noise when you pressed a button , rotating a toothed gear on a thin flap of metal. I put a D-cell model rocket engine in it and launched it at a local school. There not much left after hitting the ground. It did go really fast, straight up. Straight down too. No chutes !

[@josefeld7164]

Just like the real thing 😜

[@Lhenry-pf5zn]

LOL.

[@fransmargadant]

Nice story, enjoyed it!

[@henkdelange3107]

That brings back good memories! We lived under a low altitude flying routes in the Netherlands, so we were woken up by these Starfighters regularly.

[@gabrielbennett5162]

My grandfather, Victor Horton, was up in one of the 2-seat NASA Starfighters with Bill Dana one morning and decided to give his parents a wake-up call in the form of sonic boom over the center of town at 6 a.m., LOL.

[@fransmargadant]

Ditto!

[@aviationalex6509]

Wonderful memories are awakened. Like in 1976 when, as a teenager, I hung in the blazing cold in winter on the fence of a Canadian air base in southern Germany. Every now and then a little heat came from the exhaust jet of the engine. The sound of this rocket - unforgettable. Many Thanks.

[@fransmargadant]

You're welcome!

[@nathanromero3430]

Not gonna lie....when that jet was giving its full power, it was sounding like a dragon of some sort, it was amazingly awesome😀

[@fransmargadant]

Hear hear..........

[@Mr.Monta77]

Like a howling wolf, they used to say. Back in the day.

[@jackp8583]

Just beautiful. One of the better looking fighters ever made imho.

[@fransmargadant]

One of my favorites is the F-14 Tomcat and especially the Jolly Rogers VF-84

[@Pyler06]

The designers must of been like: “How much plane do you want around this engine?”

[@BelgianDneprGuy2003]

I'll answer that for you: yes

[@makantahi3731]

just small wings and pilot seat place

[@Saka22777]

@@makantahi3731 2 x 3 meter

[@imtheonevanhalen1557]

None other than Kelly Johnson, the cat that designed both the U-2 and the Blackbird.....I've heard/read that the leading edge of the wing was so sharp, it would cut you

[@Nfarce]

Three fucking wheels, a fucking control stick, and a fucking seat was the answer (to mock-quote a great line in Planes Trains And Automobiles).

[@MiguelAngelGonzálezMorales-k6n]

A unique timeless beauty it always looks and sounds great.

[@fransmargadant]

You are so right, she is still a beauty!

[@mwales2112]

iT'S AMAZING SOME OF THESE ARE STILL FLYING TODAY...

[@fransmargadant]

One of the few ........

[@beornthebear.8220]

It was one of my favorite aircrafts when I was in grade school.

[@paulhebblethwaite7168]

Considering how many crashed in service..............

[@beornthebear.8220]

@@paulhebblethwaite7168 Yeah, Mach 2 was new territory when this came out. Some things weren't well thought out, such as the ejection seat releasing the pilot from the bottom of the plane.

[@CorePathway]

Yeah, most have lawn-darted

[@glennsebolt7088]

Another Kelly Johnson masterpiece design

[@ceganc2678]

Yet somehow it was nicknamed the "Widowmaker"

[@fransmargadant]

He designed more like his contributions to a series of important aircraft designs, most notably the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.

[@hansvandijk1487]

The most beautiful plane ever built. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

[@terrygrady7683]

That plane has some real personality. One of the greatest.

[@fransmargadant]

Yes and also the F-14 Tomcat

[@Jhorak101]

The spike on the leading edge of the intake inlets is to slow down the boundary layer of air entering the inlet to the J-79 Turbo jet. The same engine the F-4 phantoms used. the F-4 has a movable slat on both sides with holes in them to slow down boundary layer of air. Many use to think the howl is from the intake. But is is actually from the exhaust nozzle.

[@Surestick88]

Not the boundary layer. It's there to create a shockwave so the airflow into the engine isn't supersonic.

[@timtatley3118]

On the F-4 phantom the movable air inlet for the engine is called a vari ramp. I worked on them at Clark Airbase in the Philippines. It lets in less air at high speeds. 👍

[@fransmargadant]

Thx for the update!

[@fransmargadant]

Still Airworthy: 104637 - Norway Bodø Main Air Station. Civilian registration LN-STF. 54251 - TF-104GM based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 54258 - TF-104G based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 54261 - TF-104G-M based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In progress airworthiness: D-8114 - F-104G Starfighter, Dutch Starfighter Foundation Volkel. Wing area: 196.1 ft (x2) - Empty weight: 14,000 lbs - Loaded weight: 20,640 lbs Max takeoff weight: 29,027 lbs - Max speed: 1,328 mph (1,154 kn, 2,137 km/h) Rate of climb: 48,000 ft/min (244 m/s)

[@dantellewisham133]

"There she is, the one with the big engine"

[@fransmargadant]

Yep she's the one!

[@sethjansson5652]

What do you mean by "with"?! It IS the engine

[@charlesbonkley]

Got any Beemans?

[@wiplashsmile]

@@charlesbonkley I might have me a stick...

[@charlesbonkley]

@@wiplashsmile Well, loan me some. I'll pay you back later.

[@waynemitchell1076]

That bell is ear-splitting. Sounds like someone left an angle-grinder going, sitting on a metal bench! Had to turn the sound down.

[@shreddder999]

They're a little behind the times in their car alarms in Norway.

[@kevinh5218]

@@shreddder999 Leeuwarden is in the Netherlands.

[@shreddder999]

@@kevinh5218 sorry typo

[@kevinmcniff9498]

Needs more cowbell 😂

[@kiloechocharlie1342]

Gawd awful...

[@Thunder_6278]

Looks good in any color. My favorite was still original silver.

[@fransmargadant]

So true! 😊

[@Mike__G]

The 104 has to be the coolest century series fighter.

[@johnrandall125]

The Starfighter is the world's third coolest aircraft, right after the SR 71 and the Spitfire.

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

F-106 has to take the cake, I think.

[@egyeneskifli7808]

@@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X Totally agree. The F-104 was an experiment, with the only thought behind it "Can we make a M2 aircraft in mass production?" It was rudimentary in every aspect. Meanwhile the F-106 was the culmination of all thing interceptor before it, the apex of interceptor design.

[@timothyreams6790]

Certainly hadthecoolestname ever

[@jeek3452]

@@johnrandall125 u really just gonna leave out the F4 Phantom?

[@JamesJoyce12]

the awesome howl of the F-104 Ice-cream vendor: hold my beer

[@fransmargadant]

Hold my beer too!

[@Lhenry-pf5zn]

As I understand it is not the afterburner which howls, but the compressor inlets.

[@eivinstens6091]

The 104 is like a musical instrument. The afterburner adds the bass to the music. ;)

[@fransmargadant]

We hear you and the howl of the F-104

[@32ndWolfhounds]

Thanks for the goosebumps :) That howling sound is just awesome!! One day I hope to film a Starfighter and hear and feel the howling in real life :) Liked and subbed!

[@fransmargadant]

It also gives us goosebumps, wonderful sound

[@DenverHornsbyJr]

Just a flying engine! One of my favorite aircraft.

[@fransmargadant]

Ditto!

[@ladygodiva9461]

Starfighter the most beautiful Bird in the world for for me ❤️

[@blindsquirrel577]

#metoo

[@ladygodiva9461]

@@blindsquirrel577 👍

[@fransmargadant]

Ditto! But also the famous F-14 Tomcat!

[@georgelevin6134]

This aircraft separated the men from the boys in the flying game. The boys put her in the men enjoyed many a flights.

[@spuds416]

The F4 had two J79's same Engine that powers F 104. When I was stationed in Germany the Luftwaffe F 104 pilots would "Fly" the Rhine and Mosel rivers very cool

[@fransmargadant]

Really? WOW!

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Gotta love the F-104! Hope to see one at an air show at some point. This is the coolest fighter jet IMO mainly bc of the GE J-79 engine

[@fransmargadant]

She is a lovely beast!

[@hansholgerbannohr3650]

Who is ringing that fucking bell ?

[@fransmargadant]

For the traffic on the base to stop

[@belliott538]

The Luftwaffe were still flying Starfighters and Phantoms in the mid "80's"... I remember on one occasion a pair of Inspired German Pilots in Starfighters making Speed Passes down the Main Street of a town we were Setup on... I mean DOWN IN THE STREET... The Whole Aircraft would disappear below Rooftop level and Pip Out on the other suite of town... Burners On, going Hell For Breakfast. Hooooly Sheeeit Moments for sure! Pure Awesome Sauce...

[@belliott538]

Rip Out on the other side... Not sure why I can no longer EDIT my own comments any more...

[@marcomorana]

Nasa flew them till 1994 and italian air force till 2004 still flying in 2021 @ Cape Canaveral airfield

[@fransmargadant]

Looks like German "The Vikings" F 104G Starfighter Demo Team

[@michaeladams9641]

Look at it! Still looks as modern as the day it was first built.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

At the time it was built, it was the world's fastest, highest flying plane. I believe it still holds the low altitude record, accomplished by a privately owned, gold in color F-104. What a beauty!

[@fransmargadant]

She still is a beauty!

[@nynthworld4152]

Gosh I love it.👍

[@Heimmark]

That is one dangerous airframe...ask the pilots....it takes about 10 miles to get airborne ...just imagine the size of the carrier..The saab engineers laughed there guts out...😊

[@KutWrite]

What was that tinkling bell sound - some kind of intersection warning?

[@fransmargadant]

That's the bell for traffic at the air base to stop. There is also a traffic light at both ends of the runway.

[@Brian-pz3wh]

Wow. Had no idea any of these were still flying.

[@fransmargadant]

So far known these are still airworthy: 54251 - based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 54258 - based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 54261 - based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida. And this one: 104637 - Bodø Main Air Station. Civilian registration LN-STF.

[@JAEUFM]

I hope that some of those sexy birds are kept around and flying for a long time.

[@fineartonfire_5327]

I’ve been trying for my entire life to acquire one. Just hard as hell to save enough money with real life happening at at the same time!!

[@fransmargadant]

We've got 5 now airworthy, who's next?

[@tommypeacock3298]

My dad was stationed at Luke Air Force base. He would take me to the flightline, and I would watch them take off and land. They sure made a hell of a racket when they landed.

[@fransmargadant]

Nice!

[@billgund4532]

Hi Tommy. My dad was a 104 IP at Luke in the 60's. Great times. Dad passed in '21. I have his flight suit, helmet, spurs and operation manuals.

[@rolandgieseler3842]

In fact this is a TF 104, T stands for "training".

[@fransmargadant]

Yep! Proposed trainer version of the F-104A Interceptor. However the USAF decided to have two-seaters capable of carrying weapons and ordered the F-104B version instead.

[@eivinstens6091]

Almost. It's actually a CF-104D.

[@dankuettel5063]

F-8's and F-104's love em

[@comradejos1909]

dan kuettel me too and the f5

[@fransmargadant]

What about the F-1`4 Tomcat?

[@davidknudson6169]

I loved this ❤️ jet as a kid! Always thought the body design was so cool! And now seeing a video of it, Wow! Extremely loud on the launch pad. Sleek design! Probably burned up half of it's fuel to get it off of ground!

[@fransmargadant]

It's way lower and smaller than the F-16, that's the first we noticed!

[@mickb474]

What an eerie howl the F 104 has !

[@fransmargadant]

lol

[@pilot3016]

Note the fuselage design, add long wings and extend the body a bit.. what do you have? A U2. (Lockheed).

[@pilot3016]

@Galileo7of9 Agreed. Never said they modified a 104... But they sure didn't completely ignore what they had.

[@fransmargadant]

Yep!

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

I Love this Aircraft, looks like they took a J-79, and built a Jet Fighter around it.

[@fransmargadant]

Love to see her flyijng in an airshow one time. The howl is magic.

[@InquisitiveSearcher]

Being a child in the 60s I had a fascination with airplanes, the B-58 Hustler was my favorite over all and the F-101 Voodoo was my favorite fighter. Unfortunately the F-104 Starfighter was among my least favorite aircraft. It's design was a big tube with little stubby wings that seemed wholly inadequate for the job. Over the years my favorite fighter design remains the F-16, it's not the most powerful and it's definitely not the newest but I see it as the best designed and most versatile fighter ever.

[@fransmargadant]

That is an impressive list of aircraft. We will see less and less of the F-16, unfortunately. The F-16 is increasingly being replaced by the F-35, some find it ugly when it is on the ground, but beautiful when it flies. No idea whether the F-35 is the best choice to replace the F-35. The howl of the F-104 always gives me goosebumps and the F-16 still gives great airshows due to its maneuverability. I have never seen the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, but I have seen the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and it sounds like an old-fashioned vacuum cleaner. The Raptor is a favorite, as are the F-15 and the Saab Gripen. What else do you like?

[@InquisitiveSearcher]

@@fransmargadant Wow, what else do I like? That's a big question. I like the F4 Corsair, the P51, the Mosquito, the P38, the B1 which has elegance to its impressive function, where as the B52 seems to be a giant boxcar with wings. I was impresses by the ability of the F4 Phantom, though to me it looked like a real life example of the saying about how you can make a brick fly with enough engine. And speaking of making a brick fly, you should look up the one wing landing an Israeli pilot did with an F15, just incredible! The F15 is another example of mussel with only a bit of elegance whereas the F22 is an incredible mix of mussel, elegance and lethality, just incredible. I haven't made up my mind on the F35 yet but I'm leaning towards liking it. I sorta kinda liked the original F18 but the Super Hornet seems a bit oversized though very capable aircraft. I took a picture of the Blue Angels flying the Super Hornet in a diamond formation where they are coming out of a downward turn setting up for a low pass where the angle of the shot makes it seem that you're going to get sucked into their intakes. And that's just those that come immediately to mind. 😉

[@ke6drl]

It's still a beast..

[@fransmargadant]

One of the remaining, yes indeed!

[@BGee-no3uv]

Awesome aircraft, but it needs a credit line for U.S.'s Lockheed who introduced the F-104 way back in 1954. Many still flying for countries all over the globe. U.S. made some great fighter aircraft.

[@fransmargadant]

Well, what about the F-14, me like!

[@jeandurello4512]

Mon Dieu, comme il était beau...

[@mqbitsko25]

They don't howl with the afterburner lit. They howl most just a tad above flight idle. They ROAR with the burner lit, like all jets do.

[@fransmargadant]

Fair enough!

[@Mike-01234]

I believe this and the U-2 are the only two aircraft still in service today that Kelly Johnson designed.

[@fransmargadant]

He earned renown for his contributions to many noteworthy aircraft designs, especially the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes, but also including the P-38 Lightning, P-80 Shooting Star, and F-104 Starfighter, among others.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

This is a TF-104, the training version, which had two seats. These impressive looking planes had twitchy controls and the wing loading of a freight train. The German air force used to call them "Widowmakers." :)

[@fransmargadant]

And the story continues

[@fransmargadant]

So true! 😊

[@clevlandblock]

These 1950's jets have usually made their way into popular cinema. The only appearance of the 104 that I can think of is in "The Right Stuff".

[@fromnorway643]

The 104 also appeared in the episode "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" in the first season of the original Star Trek series.

[@fransmargadant]

What about "The Starfighters"?

[@marcogrossi6334]

Great memories with my F_104 💞Exceptional machine.

[@fransmargadant]

Nice!

[@dbs555]

It had to go faster than sound to get ahead of the howling banshees behind it.

[@fransmargadant]

Yep

[@billlarrabee9436]

What country is this? I didn't think anyone was flying the missle with a man in it anymore!

[@fransmargadant]

The Netherlands, the F-104 is from Norway

[@otherbrothersteve]

All the smoke is a great visual augmentation system. No hiding a plume like that!

[@fransmargadant]

A bad ass jet smokes!

[@merlemorrison482]

yep - that is a howl!!

[@fransmargadant]

Love the sound of it!

[@muralidharc782]

One aircraft where the engine and the howl defines it more than anything else.wow.

[@kevinh5218]

You mean likethe Avro Vulcan?

[@muralidharc782]

@@kevinh5218 yes.

[@fransmargadant]

Even airliners howl during approach, let every jet howl

[@williamsimmons152]

It was said to be able to fly straight up as fast as it could fly straight ahead. Just a rumor ya know.

[@steene.h.christensen5467]

With 50% fuel in the tanks and a full afterburner, it could rise vertically.

[@fransmargadant]

It's a record holder

[@johnnydiamondsmusic1673]

That bell ringing constantly spoiled this

[@fransmargadant]

Indeed, sorry about that. It is for the traffic on the base to stop

[@marcopruna8458]

Urlo della vedova, si però che mostro di potenza e bellezza

[@fransmargadant]

Questo è vero, ma questo creatore di vedove rimane un bellissimo strumento volante

[@kennethprocak5176]

John the runways only two miles long, and no wings ? Is ok, we have afterburner !

[@fransmargadant]

Haha

[@pietrocalcioli8169]

Molto bello e innovativo

[@fransmargadant]

Grazie per il messaggio. Contento che ti piaccia

[@daviddelaet8116]

The howl of the J79.

[@fransmargadant]

Love it, very special sound, it gives you goosebumps

[@williamjovalusky8904]

My name is William and I wish I could see a f104 and a f106 and f111 and f4 at the Davis Monahan air base air show some time

[@fransmargadant]

Hi William, the F-106 "Ultimate Interceptor" is a big wich, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is still flying in some countries. But it will be ending soon, pitty.

[@gilly4881]

Great stuff thank you. Can someone please bring back the Vulcan and its awesome howl.

[@fransmargadant]

Yes, she was awesome!

[@zingermike]

How do they even find parts for these old jets? Amazon.... We have 3 warehouses dedicated just for fighter jet parts.

[@fransmargadant]

Boneyards

[@aarondengate8085]

Used to get dutch air force f104 at manston in UK

[@fransmargadant]

Love to see your vids !!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Lovely sight, hope to see it on an airshow some day after the engine servicing. What was that bloody annoying bell?

[@bernardm2312]

I read a comment stating that the bell is to warn ground traffic of aircraft movement. I found that bell sound particularly annoying myself!

[@fransmargadant]

That is the bell that must stop traffic at the airbase during the take-off and landing of the planes

[@zapfanzapfan]

@@fransmargadant Ah, so the airstrip is intersected by a road? Or at least has a very nearby road within the blast zone of the afterburner?

[@fransmargadant]

@@zapfanzapfan Yep, The road is on the base itself and at both ends of the runway traffic is stopped with a traffic light. This is both optically and with that awful bell.

[@clearedtofire]

Can you post another video of just that bell?

[@fransmargadant]

Yes we can, no we won't, haha....

[@Robin6512]

blijft gewoon een geweldig mooie bak.

[@fransmargadant]

Heb gegrepen dat hij op de LMD gaat komen, of anders Sanicole :)

[@sethjansson5652]

The US really loves making their planes go choo choo

[@fransmargadant]

lol

[@richardmiranda640]

Right, the buzz kill bell

[@fransmargadant]

There will be a remaster in a week, sorry about the noise

[@allgood6760]

A cool plane👍

[@fransmargadant]

Awesome jet, we like!

[@Lee78072]

1:33 The Howl of Freedom

[@fransmargadant]

love it

[@dustbat]

It is alive!🦇

[@John-xt4mw]

Loud is an Understatement

[@fransmargadant]

Yes it is, which plane is even louder?

[@pab777]

Magic

[@ridethepow]

Mechanical symphony!

[@fransmargadant]

Love the sound of freedom!

[@FlyingRob1]

Great flight! I own an original landing flap actuator of the 104, rebuilt for a cognac bottle inside. Nice idea for the chief´s desk. I want to sell it. Interested?

[@fransmargadant]

Nop.

[@オヤジくま]

何時見てもスターファイターは格好いい。 個人的には、フォルムその儘で今の時代にも適う性能(機動性とかステルス性能とか諸々)の、グレードアップした純粋な後継機が出て欲しい。

[@fransmargadant]

日本にはまだ非常に優れたF-15があり、他の国々と同じようにF-35に切り替えました。 軍事飛行の世界は退屈し始めています。

[@edwinkania5286]

Cool Century Series Jet!

[@fransmargadant]

hear, hear

[@clevlandblock]

Not bad for 1950's technology!

[@fransmargadant]

Yep!

[@madkittylady]

The bells the bells!! Esmeralda says she loves me. Switch that F****** bell off!😬

[@fransmargadant]

Sorry about the annoying runway bell

[@deadlybladesmith3093]

Hahahaha

[@henkdelange3107]

@@fransmargadant You can't do anything about that.

[@brianjob3018]

@@deadlybladesmith3093 Fancy avatar name....Doing anything socio-politically for the Free Republic in these times that are unfriendly to it?

[@willemh3319]

love the nozzle check

[@fransmargadant]

Ditto!

[@HenauderTitzauf]

The only thing I hated about the 104, other than the sharp wing edges, was the way a pilot had to eject was out the bottom. Easy to work on and load, speaking from a gun plumbers view.

[@realulli]

The early models ejected downwards because the seat couldn't lift the pilot over the tail. That proved troublesome when they used the plane for low level runs, as it launched the pilot straight into the ground. So, the pilots were trained to roll the plane on its back before ejecting when flying low level. Later models got improved ejection seats that could lift the pilot over the tail. The pilots rolled the plane, got launched into the ground again. Oops. Retraining required...

[@fransmargadant]

Nice info, thanks!

[@kingcoreyair]

A Sidewinder missile would have open hunting season on this plane.

[@fransmargadant]

Kelly Johnson esigning more than 40 wartime and Cold War-era aircraft, including the path-breaking F-104 Starfighter, U-2 Reconnaissance, SR-71 Blackbird, and F-117 Stealth Fighter. So take a pick, haha...

[@felixmurray8828]

After created "world", God created J79......the sound of my childhood......

[@fransmargadant]

Same here :)

[@JishyFishy4106]

I love all sorts of afterburning jets

[@fransmargadant]

Ditto!

[@NegativeROG]

Upon closer inspection, that is a jet engine with a lawn chair strapped to it.

[@fransmargadant]

haha

[@larrygrosfield4993]

These comments, unfortunately, repeat several myths about the F-104. For one thing, it is an excellent dogfighter when flown by someone who knows how to work the vertical. Pilots of other fighters in dissimilar aircraft exercises often accused the F-104 of cheating, since it kept going up and down instead of making turns like a 'real' airplane. One F-8 pilot reported following a smoke trail to track down an F-4 (which used the same J-79 engine) and realizing he was in trouble when the F-104 flying close formation with the F-4 pulled up into a climb the F-8 couldn't match. He was still trying to spot the smaller plane when it made a diving attack from behind and scored a simulated kill. With the G-model takeoff flaps the F-104 could outturn an F4. T/O flap limit speeds were then M0.8 or 550 KIAS, whichever was reached first. As for climb, a strictly standard F104A/J-79-19 in combat configuration could reach 45000ft. 90 seconds after brake release. None of the nicknames listed were actually used by F-104 pilots, especially "Widowmaker." This was given to it by others, largely due to the unfortunate German accident rate early in the plane's deployment there. (Note that during this same period Spain lost *none* of its F-104s.) Once Germany changed its training program, their accident rate for the F-104 dropped to well within the same range as that for other jet fighters of the period. Pilots called it the Zipper. The problem with the F104G and the Luftwaffe was a combination of shorter runways (8000 ft) than the pilots had trained on at Luke AFB (11000 ft), much worse weather (Luke is in the desert), and lack of experience of the pilots and of the mechanics. At this time the economy of Germany was swiftly improving and many LW mechanics separated from the service to go to work in industry at much higher levels of pay. Note that the Belgians seldom had an accident although their weather is generally as bad as Germany's. - Walt Bjorneby, 730 hours of F104 time.

[@flugjung]

Very complete comment. Coming from someone who actually knew the aircraft.

[@Jusuff]

And didn't the germans use it as a low altitude ground attack fighter when it was designed to be a high altitude air superiority fighter/interceptor

[@kingghidorah8106]

Doing recurrent boom and zoom passes isn't dogfighting, and most things can actually out turn a Phantom

[@fransmargadant]

Thank you for your service, Sir!

[@MrPeerum]

😅die goeie ouwe tijd. toppie!!!!!!!!!😅

[@fransmargadant]

Op dit moment gaat het nog niet zo goed met deze "old lady". Maar als het goed is gaan we haar vaker zien op airshows in Europa.