Remembering Captain Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. who lost his life flying an F-104 in 1958 in California
@martinschmidt5541
Ай бұрын
Nice man ! I envy you flying such an old jet - not anyone - the old Starfighter ... but this thing man caused many death pilots in germany because of lacking function of the emegency seat...
@altemp100
Ай бұрын
What was the purpose of the test flight?
@jordanclymer12
Ай бұрын
The airframe had just been put back together after being shipped back from Italy for an airshow
@garthrupert7610
Ай бұрын
A dream come true for those who get to fly these magnificent machines.❤
@tomb4568
Ай бұрын
LUV the sound of the J79 CJ805 engine!
@JohnDoesItAll
Ай бұрын
What an exciting privilege to fly in an epic piece of history❤
@frogmanburgess1064
Ай бұрын
In the good old days I'd be doing PT on NAS Sigonella and get to witness them streaking across the sky leaving sonic booms in their wake. Crazy Italians man....
@scott.c9587
Ай бұрын
Test flight for what? It was flight tested in the 50s.
@stevehughes5403
Ай бұрын
Because of it's small wing area it had the gliding characteristics of a Brick. The Check list for loss of power was punch out.
@brealistic3542
Ай бұрын
The Missile with a man in it ! The F104
@Ishitzunot
Ай бұрын
Wow Boeing needs to quit making aircraft and start making rockets instead
@mht525
Ай бұрын
Now that's a well trimmed aircraft. Balanced and tight. ✌️🤘🇦🇺
@janheise2853
Ай бұрын
Ich liebe dieses Flugzeug und den Sound. Konnte es 1997 in Decimomanu / Sardinien fliegen sehen. In Wernigerode steht eine von meinem Geschwader in dem ich diente. Jagdbombergeschwader Jabo G 34 Allgäu. Unvergesslich 🤩
@billorights1596
Ай бұрын
That was utterly lame
@NigelTufnel612
Ай бұрын
Reminds me of the 1960s TV sign-off High Flight
@Newhouse846
Ай бұрын
Cool looking aircraft. It wasn't practical?
@AcroAirwolf
Ай бұрын
Great video! I see the Black Beauty has still the markings from Italy on the vertical stabilizer. It looks really nice. I´ve built a model of it in 1/72.
@stuartgranito4166
Ай бұрын
Amazing 🤩
@user-bc8uy2sq1u
Ай бұрын
EN PUERTO RICO ESTUVIERON ESTOS AVIONES F-104 STARSFIGHTERS EN LOS AÑOS 70 AL 1975
@bogey361
Ай бұрын
Still amazed the F-104 can even fly. Its like a 12yr old on Kerbal Space Program removed the wings and then moved the canards rearward to see what would happen.
@miggelie
Ай бұрын
Grew up in a region where they made low flight combat practices. Very shocking. Sometimes they crashed into the forests or houses, even more shocking.
@spacetrucker2196
Ай бұрын
This is a cool plane with a lot of lore. But why does nasa choose to fly it still?
@dietervoss3085
Ай бұрын
Habe sie als Kind über Deutschland beobachtet...konnte nie genug bekommen...Fantastisch!!!
@barrysheridan9186
Ай бұрын
The F104, an engine with a man on it!
@robinkoenig
Ай бұрын
Timeless jet. Never gets old!
@markoharrow5443
Ай бұрын
Dutch flew them in/out at RAF Mildenhall when i was their in 74. Speed was it...
@robertopacilli3104
Ай бұрын
Very amazing flight.
@SRFDriver
Ай бұрын
how did you manage to get the ride?
@jameserasmus7891
2 ай бұрын
Back in 1977 I used to work for a company known as Northwest Industries a division of CAE as a wiring harness assembler for the F104 Starfighters going to Baden Baden Germany. The start of my aviation career.
@superjody56
2 ай бұрын
Appears to be very smooth inflight.
@remy3735
2 ай бұрын
My office roomnumber is F104. And although not allowed, i have a large photo of a F104 glued to the door 😂.
@bobbyb.1743
2 ай бұрын
The last time i saw one operational was @ the Wings over Houston Airshow, ‘88/‘89, Ellington Field, in a hangar. Inquired and was told it belonged to a civilian/private owner. It flew a demo the next day as we were on our static display. Gorgeous & stunning a/c, its design bore the later SR71. They were still operational in the German AF into the ‘90’s and gradually replaced by the Tornado. To this day, one of my personal favorites, I admire the one still on static display @ Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Tx.😊
@Tonetwisters
2 ай бұрын
As a kid, THIS was my favorite fighter jet ... could fly vertically, as fast as horizontally, IIRC! And man, was it COOL looking! Great video!!
@joehuser9572
2 ай бұрын
General Electric J-79 turbojet engine goodness.
@ChipperskisTahoeChipper
2 ай бұрын
Sorry to be ignorant. But why are 104s still being used? What types of flights?
@bernd-rudolffritz7833
2 ай бұрын
I love it. Bavarian Airforce 1977
@nielsdorhout058
2 ай бұрын
We need more of this, please update 😂
@nielsdorhout058
2 ай бұрын
Why isnt Piercarlo uploading anymore? We need more footage of the starfighters
@wernerdanler2742
2 ай бұрын
You should make the print even smaller and only flash it for about 1 second, so to be sure, absolutely no one can read it.
@gbsccfig
2 ай бұрын
The A and B models ejected downward. The procedure at low altitude was to roll inverted and then punch out. Yeah, right, like there's nothing else going on.
@subvet694
2 ай бұрын
Corvette with wings!
@jordanclymer12
2 ай бұрын
Haha makes sense why I love my c5 soo much!
@pepitosbazzeguti1586
2 ай бұрын
This Tf104g comes from Italy where i live, his base was 30 km from my home, i surely have seen it flying many many many times. Very impressive 20 years after her phasing out
@doctoredic
2 ай бұрын
What a beast when turned into the U-2 .
@MrFlysafely
2 ай бұрын
Boring. The captions you put at the top of the screen or some goddamn small that I had trouble reading them and you didn't leave them on there long enough for me to even get a third of it read. This video was a waste of my time
@jordanclymer12
2 ай бұрын
Where’s your 104 video?
@marcellomaculan9122
2 ай бұрын
V.A.M. a Cameri nel 1978/79. Vedere decollare quelli del 53° Stormo del Comandante Mainini, specialmente di sera e da pochi metri, é un qualcosa che non si puó spiegare con parole.
@Real_Claudy_Focan
2 ай бұрын
Say hello to PierCarlo ! :D
@ChrisMedvetz-cn9kl
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for that so sweeseeeet looked fun
@BuzzMoves365
2 ай бұрын
Must be hard to stay subsonic 🚀
@burroaks7
2 ай бұрын
I prefer the previous livery.....
@280StJohnsPl
2 ай бұрын
While in the USAF in 1969, I watched three F-104s do near vertical takeoffs while working on an aircraft on the flightline. It was incredible ! I was an F-4C crew chief and flew once in my aircraft. It was great, but the F-104 would have been the ultimate, it's pure speed :) Saw a lot of German F-104s but nothing beats the polished aluminum look. Such a beautiful aircraft
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