Guided tour around the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

Guided tour around the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter - Century Series Ep. 4

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Join me in this tour around a Lockheed F104 Starfighter on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, OHIO. This is part 4 of my series on the Century fighter jets.
Century Series videos:
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Ep. 2 McDonnell F-101 Voodo: • Detailed tour around a...
Ep. 3 Convair F-102 Delta Dagger: • Detailed tour around a...
Ep.4 Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: this video!
Ep. 5 Republic F-105 Thunderchief: coming soon
Ep. 6 Convair F-106 Delta Dart: coming soon
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0:00 intro
1:10 radar and fire control system
1:47 20 mm (0.79 in) M61 Vulcan autocannon
2:37 in-air refuelling probe
3:00 air inlets
3:42 trapezoidal wing
5:14 boundary layer control system
5:48 arrestor hook
6:05 main landing gear
6:55 General Electric J79 afterburning turbojet
7:30 T-tail design
8:35 cockpit
9:59 NASA role
10:20 zero length launch program
10:41 NF1-4A
11:14 poor safety record

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@PaulStewartAviation 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching everyone! If you are enjoying my videos from the National Museum of the USAF, please click the thumbs up button because they're not getting many views and your validation would be appreciated (and it'll make KZfaq suggest it to more people). 🤣

@DenisFerrari 8 ай бұрын

Nice video! Just couple of tiny notes: BLC blew air to trailing edge flaps, not leading edge flaps. And only when flaps were set over TO position, that is LD position (full flap).

@zoperxplex 8 ай бұрын

The most beautiful aircraft ever.

@briandenison2325 8 ай бұрын

I think the F-105 was a better looker, but both look and fly extremely fast.

@ronjon7942 5 ай бұрын

No way, the Starfighter all the way! :)

@flanerpete2040 8 ай бұрын

The 104 is my all-time favorite fighter design!

@darold1966 8 ай бұрын

It is also interesting to note the F-104's child - the U2. The fuselage for the F-104 was modified into the U2 airframe with extended wings. Look closely and you will see the family resemblence.

@jason1440 8 ай бұрын

The Museum at Wright Patterson is a real treasure.

@briandenison2325 8 ай бұрын

Next up is my favorite century series jet the F-105 Thud.

@SaturnCanuck 8 ай бұрын

Kelly Johnson, as are NOT worthy! Loved this plane. Of course mine is the Canadair CF-104. Oh and pitch-up? On a T-Tail -- that never happens!

@conradmcdougall3629 8 ай бұрын

Im still amazed that it can fly with those tiny wings.

@RachelsSweetie 8 ай бұрын

The Starfighter was aptly named. One was scrambled to intercept the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek episode Tomorrow is Yesterday.

@dougcastleman9518 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it just couldn't hold up under a tractor beam!

@chrisbeauchamp5563 8 ай бұрын

I’m really looking forward to the next two videos.

@roberttalarsky4238 3 ай бұрын

Love the 100 series

@user-tn1vc1xz5d 8 ай бұрын

Looked amazing in bare metal. My joint favourite with the F-105 ❤🥰😍

@georgew.5639 8 ай бұрын

The F 104 is not a fighter as it was not at all maneuverable. It was designed to be an high speed interceptor. It’s mission was to intercept soviet bombers before they could strike their targets. Same with the F 102s and F 106s.

@smark1180 8 ай бұрын

"It was designed to be an high speed interceptor." False. It was designed as a fighter but was subsequently assigned the interceptor roll because of F-102/F-106 issues. 26 January 1958 "The F-104A entered service 2 years late and not with TAC (as originally planned), but with ADC's 83rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Hamilton AFB. This April 1956 (11) shift rested on two factors: slippage of the F-104 operational due-date (causing TAC to make other arrangements) and ADC's urgent need of a fighter to fill the gap between the F-102 and F-106. The tiny F-104, (12) with its long nosed fuselage and razor-thin trapezoid wings, had *never been intended as an interceptor.* But ADC believed it could use it, due to its impressive performance." - Encyclopedia of U.S. Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems

@skyhigh1154 8 ай бұрын

Copy paste wiki..

@JackNiles-hc8yz 6 ай бұрын

@@skyhigh1154 Whatever it takes. The Wiki Starfighter article is actually pretty decent.

@ronjon7942 5 ай бұрын

Yeahhhh, fighter. Kelly Johnson asked the American fighter pilots who fought in the Korean War what they wanted in a FIGHTER plane, and they said SPEED. So Kelly gave them the fighter they asked for. An interceptor role just was not a design prerequisite of Johnson's. I'm sure it performed interceptions quite nicely, but even when the Air Force drafted the requirements, the Air Force still hadn't detailed an interceptor role. Sorry bud.

@Dan.d649 8 ай бұрын

The Lockheed F-104 "Starfighter" was a very fantastic airplane. With the GE J-79 afterburner turbojet, you could just barely see a glimpse of this beauty pass by. You can hear the "howl" of that turbojet, when the pilot makes a quick pass like a missile. Back in the day, the Air Force used these airplanes for getting pilots familiar with something more capable of flying at very high altitudes at high speed. A true classic airplane this was.

@ronjon7942 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, that sound...like a banshee

@hordboy 8 ай бұрын

Seeing it in person, it’s hard to believe it can fly. The wings are SO small.

@rollertoaster812 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this series, Paul! The century series are fascinating and so important to the development of modern fighter aircraft.

@Sturzi 8 ай бұрын

In a German museum in Oberpfaffenhofen, close to Munich, there's a cut through a wing where you can see how it looks inside, all the hinges and especially how the BLC works. Really interesting to study the real thing.

@billace90 8 ай бұрын

Many, many years ago the Puerto Rico Air National Guard (PRANG), had a couple squadrons of Starfighters. Unforgettable!

@anotherpewtertahoe 8 ай бұрын

I have an unofficial mission to take a picture in front of as many F104's as I can find, and got to cross this one off my list about two years ago. What a cool place.

@roberttalarsky4238 2 ай бұрын

Love the 100 series videos thanks for your hard work

@PaulStewartAviation 2 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoyed them! My century series videos did very poorly unfortunately,

@NoName-ds5uq 7 ай бұрын

Bummer! I seem to have skipped the F-102 video and started this one… I’ve been intrigued by this aircraft since I was a kid when it was still operated by the FRG(West Germany), Turkey(Türkiye)and Italy(Italy😉). I always found it difficult to believe it could fly with such a small, thin wing. It had a very high landing speed, and a small payload, so I always wondered what the thinking was turning it into a ground attack aircraft. Besides budget of course… I’ll have to go back and watch the Delta Dagger one now. 👍

@MrTmac9k 8 ай бұрын

This airplane was about as close as you'd ever get to saddling up a jet engine and riding it.

@Abbbb225 8 ай бұрын

really good video. Included some interesting trivia you don’t normally hear and no BS.

@craigsawyer6453 8 ай бұрын

Great series - Very enjoyable!

@petr-podrouzek 8 ай бұрын

Great job Paul 🙂

@jimfinlaw4537 8 ай бұрын

Very nice and informative video regarding the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. Thanks for sharing. The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was actually developed from the Douglas X-3 Stelleto research plane. Both aircraft feature the same wing profile and design and both have downward ejection seats at least until later models of F-104's were equipped with more conventional ejection seats. Thats how the F-104 was developed in under a year.

@dougcastleman9518 8 ай бұрын

Kelly Johnson used data from the X-3, but it wasn’t developed from it. The differences were many. As far as being developed in under a year….this was a time of very rapid advancement in aviation and a year of development wasn’t unusual. All 104s were retrofitted with the new ejection seats, not just later models, as soon as they became available.

@ronjon7942 5 ай бұрын

@@dougcastleman9518Yeah, it absolutely wasn't developed from the X-3, do you have a source for this claim?

@well-blazeredman6187 8 ай бұрын

And the design also formed the basis of ......... the U-2. Interesting video.

@6rimR3ap3r 8 ай бұрын

I've once seen an F-104 at German museum in Munich. You really can't tell how tiny this is in real life without seeing it in person. Literally only a turbine and cockpit.

@erickenyon4457 8 ай бұрын

Yet another great video..

@smark1180 8 ай бұрын

4:30 Unless I'm mistaken, "013" is the F-104N that infamously collided with XB-70 AV2.

@Bad_Karma1968 8 ай бұрын

Paul another great vlog in the series

@johno9507 8 ай бұрын

Oh Paul im disappointed, I was hoping you were going to demonstrate the howling sound the F-104 made on approach. 🙂🇦🇺

@staralliancefan1245 8 ай бұрын

Interesting video Paul! Nice to see this video a little longer too! :D

@PaulStewartAviation 8 ай бұрын

More to come!

@robertkeddie 8 ай бұрын

I like hearing technical details - more please.

@adrianw7011 8 ай бұрын

One of the most iconic aircraft ever built with incredible performance even by todays standards. It really did look like a missile with a man in it and compared to your next subject, the F105, almost tiny in comparison. Great video, looking forward to the next.

@vdubboy85225 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Paul. What a great series. So interesting to have them back to back and compare/contrast. Please keep them coming. ❤

@TheHobartAviationFan 8 ай бұрын

This series continues to be excellent 👍

@caspercat39 8 ай бұрын

Great video as always 👍

@johndornoff 8 ай бұрын

Great video as always Paul and a great education on jet fighters.

@thomaskroyer3468 8 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, I really enjoy your videos, I would mention that the F 104s in the RDAF service only used the drag suit at landings, not wheel breaks, it was cheaper to have staff to pickup the suits do maintenance and pack them after use than keeping maintenance on tires as breaks, and in winter time it was safer to use the drag suits do to the F104s high landing speed, why RNAF also only use drag suit at landings with their F 104 fleet and continues do so with the F 16s and now with the new F 35 fleet. I did my national service in the RDAF and got assigned to be a "F 104 drag suit pickup'er from the runways, so I clearly remember the high hauling the J-79 today made, a very disgust sound ❤

@Calebs_Aviation 8 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT VIDEO MY FRIEND TRULY EXCELLENT! 😯 🤩 LOVE THIS SERIES SO GOOD! 😊 The F-101 Voo Doo, F-102 Delta Dagger which looks a lot like the Convair CV-102 Delta Dart are they the same? Also the F-104 Starfighter also cool but theF-102is my favorite of these jets in the series! I have a new video coming out soon from The Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC (Well the Dulles Location) and I’ll be sure to give you and this EXCELLENT Series a shout out for sure! 😊 😁 Cheers mate 🥂 -Caleb’s Aviation. 😮

@smark1180 8 ай бұрын

F-102 = Delta Dagger F-106 = Delta Dart Convair CV-102 = ?????

@alexmasraum7596 8 ай бұрын

Love the videos. Im finally going back to the museum this coming Sunday, I’m excited to finally see an Su-27! Keep up the great work.

@flyingsushi313 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video as usual Paul, as a result of your extensive videos shot at the Air Force Museum I decided to make a detour on my way back from the east coast to go see it in person. It was an incredible 6 hours! Could've easily come back the following day to do another 6. Keep up the quality content!

@misterplow1 8 ай бұрын

Great one again. Strange looking plane and also nice to not have you promoting stuff

@josephpiskac2781 8 ай бұрын

The 104 is very cool though considering everything I continue to like the 101 the best.

@ronjon7942 5 ай бұрын

I always thought the RF-101 recce Voodoo was the cleanest looking model - very well proportioned

@therichieboy 8 ай бұрын

Fascinating. This has always been an oddly intriguing aircraft to me. Great series.

@PaulStewartAviation 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@nolanbroderick1234 8 ай бұрын

So glad I was an early subscriber bc this channel is a massive success and will continue to grow. Keep up the good work Paul🤙🏼

@PaulStewartAviation 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@user-tn1vc1xz5d 8 ай бұрын

I can imagine that dead stick landings were not viable and pilots may have wanted to eject instead 🤔 RIP Major Carl Cross, XB-70 co-pilot.

@dukeford8893 8 ай бұрын

Dead stick landings in the F-104 were indeed possible. You needed plenty of altitude and to be right over the airfield.

@danielversion1.035 8 ай бұрын

I'm sure everyone reading the comments on this video would be well aware of Chuck Yeager's exploits in the NF-104... but just in case you haven't already, go pick up a copy of "The Right Stuff" (the book...) and have a read 👍👍

@ronjon7942 5 ай бұрын

Ha - I just started watching The Right Stuff last night; stumbled across it on KZfaq movies.

@koh_ling 8 ай бұрын

Wow it really is a missile with a man

@RobertCraft-re5sf 8 ай бұрын

WOOOOOO this one was very cool back then and still is. US always ahead of the game. Still the NUMBER ONE manufacturer and exporter of high technology.