tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post8640055913434310394..comments2024-03-29T05:15:59.987-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Your Sunday Morning Jet NoiseComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-18590170770693578762016-10-12T18:30:24.111-04:002016-10-12T18:30:24.111-04:00Man, those J-79s were smoky. No point in stealth w...Man, those J-79s were smoky. No point in stealth with those. And the F4 used TWO of them!<br /><br />LRod<br />ZJX, ORD, ZAU retiredLRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181295131853124169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-52828869577368756162016-10-10T08:53:17.991-04:002016-10-10T08:53:17.991-04:00Definition of an optimist: A Luftwaffe Starfighte...Definition of an optimist: A Luftwaffe Starfighter pilot who quit smoking.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-13155870876478643062016-10-10T07:53:53.166-04:002016-10-10T07:53:53.166-04:00RF, that airplane was nowhere near the operational...RF, that airplane was nowhere near the operational domain of the F-104...it was fitted with a rocket engine and an RCS, and meant to go clean out of the atmosphere for astronaut training.deadstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507470381678244421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-18457926218764017892016-10-10T02:49:03.035-04:002016-10-10T02:49:03.035-04:00 Robert Calvert made an album in 1974 called Capta... Robert Calvert made an album in 1974 called Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters, about the Germans buying F-104s and making fun of them for doing so. I always wondered whether he really meant the satire, and apparently he did.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Lockheed_and_the_Starfighters<br /> <br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-32375526224288121592016-10-10T00:35:12.431-04:002016-10-10T00:35:12.431-04:00Pretty lawn dart.
The German joke about the F-104...Pretty lawn dart.<br /><br />The German joke about the F-104 was, "How do you get your hands on a Starfighter? Buy a field – and wait.”<br />BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-37233092841419833492016-10-09T18:46:57.623-04:002016-10-09T18:46:57.623-04:00The plane that almost killed Chuck Yeager.The plane that almost killed Chuck Yeager.Robert Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475193874676131196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-52781384416766810922016-10-09T15:14:02.394-04:002016-10-09T15:14:02.394-04:00the old man would look at 104s and say 'just &...the old man would look at 104s and say 'just 'cause you can do a thing, doesn't mean you should do it'hanshttp://hanshowe.orgnoreply@blogger.com