The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was a supersonic interceptor jet that flew in the U.S. Air Force beginning in the 1950s. The F ...

He delivered a sleek, pencil-thin fuselage with paper-thin, miniature wings (7.5 feet long each). The F-104 could climb ...

BHPian skanchan95 recently shared this with other enthusiasts:1:72 Lockheed F-104A Starfighter 56-804, No.9 Sqdn Pakistan Air ...

The wings of most aircraft employed dihedral—they were set at a slightly upward angle—but the F-104’s wings angled in the opposite direction; the horizontal stabilizer and elevator sat atop ...

The aspect ratio of a wing is the relationship between its span and its chord-the distance from leading edge to trailing edge. A U-2 has a high aspect ratio; an F-104 has a low one. A wing with ...

Following the requests I received from aircraft enthusiasts and modelers, I’ve decided to prepare a specific article to describe differences and peculiarities of the various F-104 versions that ...