Thank you.

to keep it from stalling.

Thanks I was wondering what that was.

Exactly what I came to the comments looking for, thank you!

The small square one is to prevent a pressure differential between outside the aircraft and the engine compartment. Air bleeds in to prevent a vacuum building...It's not for cooling or any other reason. ...🤔😏🇬🇧

I duno , have you ever listened to captain lockeed and the star fighters ? Few records on that album that I’d love to listen to strapped into that baby 😂😎

I believe you can ride in that exact 104, I had a friend who was given a gift ride in it. But I think it is pricey, just go to their website.

Website ?

@@royharkins7066 Starfighters Aerospace. @PiercarloCiacchi is a pilot and director of flight operations. Their site doesn't say they take people for joy rides, but it doesn't say they _don't_ take people for joy rides, so I'm guessing it is just a matter of availability (their time, your cash).

There are such things as TF-104s, although whether or not there are any airworthy examples is another question.

So steady as well! Great job sir!

person is just straddling the wingtip tank

That explains the camarsman's recent hair style.

The cameraman never dies. 😀

Pylon

A lot of hard work went into achieving that blessing, too.

luck, timing and hard work.

I got a ride in a CF104 at Cold Lake, Alberta and the pilot did a touch and go then climbed to 30,000 ft for the downwind on the next circuit.

Modern fighters can do around 60,000 FPM climbs. F-104 was a wild ride for its time, but that was 1960s, right?

@@gonebabygone4116 The 60,000 number is a peak number - the plane can't maintain that during the whole climb. That number also doesn't include the time spent accelerating down the runway. The F104's peak climb rate probably is probably 40 or 50 thousand.

@@taotoo2 Various sources say 48k - 50k feet/minute for the F-104. F-16 empty/full weights are similar. F-104 had 15,600 pounds thrust with afterburner. F-16 has 17,800 dry and 29,000+ with afterburner. The 5th gen trade some of that juice for silence, lower top speed, but mach 2+ has proven excessive.

What does that do to the ears of a pilot? Pressure for me driving up a mountain is a surprise for me!

If it was a Naval Air Station the likelihood of it being a F104 would be pretty low.

We lived in Navy housing near Oceana NAS, saw a lot aircraft traffic including a crash on final approach by a jet, don’t know what happened but saw the pilot eject and floating down where he landed about a 1/4 mi away. In about 10 min there were all kinds of Navy vehicles headed to where the plane went down. I was only about 7-8 years old then.

No F-104's at Oceana. That was an Air Force aircraft, not Navy. More likely Grumman F-11-F Tiger or McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom. I lived in VA Beach at 45th and Atlantic in the 50's and 60's. This was the dawn of the supersonic age and the jets out of Oceana would routinely break the sound barrier and rattle our windows. We didn't mind at all. It was the sound of freedom.

@@brucel4677 I lived on Bells rd across from that base from age 5 to 10. From 1957 to 1962. Felt the rattle of windows many times as well. I remember going to sleep listening to that howl many nights.

The F-104 was certainly Mach 2 capable, but it could never cruise at that speed. Basically when reaching Mach 2 (or a little above) you are very low on fuel and the next move is to start a descent for landing. Oh yeah, this is only achievable when clean (no missiles or wing tanks).

Around the same time, the F104 set the world altitude record at 103,000 feet, which stood for nearly 40 years until some kind of a Russian MiG broke it.

@@cll1639 That was Iven Kincheloe who flew 103,000 ft. He was considered the first man in outer space. He later died in the F104 as he took off as a chase plane for another F104.

@@jeffalexander544 Thanks for the reply. I loved the F104; thought it was the best looking jet of all time back when I was a kid. But from what I've heard, it was a double-barrel handful to fly...little more than a J79 engine with a couple of canards hung on it. Sorry to hear about Kincheloe.

It just looks hard to handle . What a beautiful beast

I totally agree!

Find that music and play it in one tab while you watch this in another.

​@@AmericanMadeMudthe point was that music isn't needed

The Right Stuff, no?

@@Jatzki My point is you don't have to listen to it. Have agency, control your own environment, you don't have to take it.

it's just a rocket with slightly bigger fins.! but yeah 1960s aviation was wild

@Dangerous_Drivers_of_California Agreed. Right up there with the SR-71…..another Kelly Johnson masterpiece.

That wing is designed to flex. Lookup the Lockheed Electra wing failures for more on wing spar fatigue.

It was actually a person taped to the wing holding the camera so even more impressive.

oh hey I didn't know you were an appreciator of this channel

@@kingghidorah8106 i got it in my recommended lol

The leading edge of that little wing is very sharp, just ask anyone who has accidentally bumped into one.....ouch!

And a damned looong arm. 😁✌🖖

"It does to me. A hell of a lot"

In Italy, his nickname was "bara volante" (Flying coffin)

Also "Ground Stake", "Aluminum Death Tube".

The Germans gave it that name after it killed so many of their pilots... they got the hang of it eventually

​@@richardpark3054rather quick pencil

Just the german ones because for some reason they wanted to turn a light high speed interceptor into a ground attack aircraft.

@@spazmonkey2131 I never understood that. Like, just use a phantom or something, just anything but a Starfighter.

Thanks for posting that. I guessed right. 😁✌🖖

Really? I didn't know that, I was under the impression that nothing could out turn an F-15. Except modern fighters!

They had the best 104s pilots as well. I have seen them during a Ramstein Air Show.

F-104S

Still used the GE J79 engine, and was still a Lockheed design.

@@jlalbee Lockheed designed it, Italia made it perfect

....apparently yes I will be there ;-)

​@@PiercarloCiacchi awesome, will be there too hoping to get some F104 footage 😅

@@PiercarloCiacchi I hope to be there, too! I already greeted the Stafighter many years ago during the official AMI show for its retirement: I was pretty sad. But now, I am excited to let my son hear the "sound of freedom" that may times scared me when I was young! Thank you!!!

Lol Chuck Norris would probably crap himself or pee his pants if he was in a fighter jet or anything like this..

@@tbas8741: Good ol' "Walker Texas Jackhole"

@@zapa1pnt Exactly its all talk and TV character not real. Just like how gay people put on a fake Camp Voice and ACT Flamboyant

Perhaps too tiny, I've thought.

It's because it's designer was North American. Edgar Schmued was the head designer of the North American P-51 Mustang, F-82 Twin Mustang, F-86 Sabre, and F-100 Super Sabre. He later worked for Northrup heading engineering teams that designed the F-5 and T-38 Talon trainer

We grew up hearing the B52’s while SAC. I miss the days. They used to train pilots in water landings by parachute barge then. Right off Turkey point. Good memories.

@@TeemarkConvair always! 😉

The pilot in this video does a full walkaround of the aircraft. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldZlpK6UvLiYeac.html The ducts are around 35:00 mark.

Don't know for sure, but guessing they're cooling -- pretty sure the oil cooler is back near that rearmost rectangular one -- and/or bleed-air related; the jet has several subsystems that are operated by air that's "bled" from the J79 to operate stuff like the a/c, canopy seal, demist/rain clearing, gun purge, etc. Someone qualified will be along shortly :)

@@Wikkus yes, almost....I was just trying to explain that to another friend here above...I will copy it here as well, hopefully it is clear enough lol. Kinda of yes! So, LONG STORY SHORT, the engine is fit in the airframe in such a way that there is a small space between the 'head" of the engine and the actual "air intake tube", so air can actually bypass the whole engine and exit around the exhaust nozzles. And yes that is for cooling the engine compartment. Those small doors, are spring loaded in the "closed" position, those allow for a relief and extra air at LOW AIRSPEED, believe it or not, at low airspeeds (below 350 Knots approx), the pressure build up in the air intake (because of the speed of the aircraft) is actually LOWER than the actual "demand" of air from the engine. So the engine is trying to suck so much air that it ends up sucking air also from the engine compartment...so every time that is the case, those doors are naturally opened (by the lower pressure) allowing fresh air to enter the engine compartment. Curiously, that air travels forward to the "head" of the engine and get sucked in the first stage of the compressor.... I hope i was able to explain the trick a little bit...

Called Blow-in doors. Here’s the explanation Some inlets incorporate blow-in doors to provide additional airflow during high thrust conditions at takeoff. Inlet efficiency is generally characterized by stagnation pressure recovery - a measure of the available energy in the air that actually makes it into the compressor.

Also, ”Lawn Dart”

Dad always said that Mom was a remarkable performer.

@@moistmike4150 . Ha Fucking Ha .

@@iqqmut79 For Canada.

That really happened. Nov 1st, 1963. He lost the aircraft, but broke an altitude record and one speed-at-altitude record in the process. There were a number of science and engineering related facts learned from that event. Very useful flight and crash.

@@lexluthermiester Interestingly, he did it "off the books," so to speak. He broke the rules and took the plane for a 'joy ride' cuz he was pissed that he wasn't chosen for the Mercury program. He didn't file a flight plan, and flew without permission. At least according to the film adaptation of the event.

@@-108- That was a movie, written for drama. In reality, it was a fully approved flight, it just wasn't a "planned" test flight. Hollywood embellished on that fact a bit.

@@lexluthermiester Figgered as much. Friggin Hollywood.

@@-108-: Never get your "facts" from Anything, out of Hollywood. In the wrong situation, it could cost you your life. In the 60s. I got better info from comic books.