And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
US Air Force needed a trainer suitable to prepare pilots for the F-104. We got the T-38. Fast, little stubby wings, and hard to land. The F-104s are long gone, but the T-38s are still with us, frustrating pilot trainees who go on to much easier airplanes like the F-16. ~ Doctor Weasel
Made sense for Canada to have it, as it's design was for bomber interceptions. Worthless as a fighter. Easy to suffer a high speed stall in the typical air combat speeds of sub- Mach. SOP was to punch out if below 10k agl in that case. Spent time chatting with a Canadian F104 pilot at an airshow at NA Moffett in the early 80's. He loved the plane, and had been flying it for a long time. I was surprised he got it into that strip.
Dangerous to the enemy, and to its pilots.
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DeleteUS Air Force needed a trainer suitable to prepare pilots for the F-104. We got the T-38. Fast, little stubby wings, and hard to land. The F-104s are long gone, but the T-38s are still with us, frustrating pilot trainees who go on to much easier airplanes like the F-16.
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Banking with intent to turn
ReplyDeleteThe royal flush photo. The first five CF-104s lined up in sequence: 701 to 705.
ReplyDeleteBack when Canada was a serious country...
ReplyDeleteThose were the days, my friends.....
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Little Canadian boys from the 50’s still dream of what could have been with the Avro Arrow. Sigh
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Wow! What a missed opportunity!
DeleteYes indeed, as were the F108 Rapier and the BAC TSR2
DeleteMade sense for Canada to have it, as it's design was for bomber interceptions. Worthless as a fighter. Easy to suffer a high speed stall in the typical air combat speeds of sub- Mach. SOP was to punch out if below 10k agl in that case. Spent time chatting with a Canadian F104 pilot at an airshow at NA Moffett in the early 80's. He loved the plane, and had been flying it for a long time. I was surprised he got it into that strip.
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