![]() ![]() Two additional fuel cells were installed in the fuselage. Later modified with stabilizing fin, downward firing ejection seat, no arrestor hook, nose wheel gear retracts forward.Ī forward-retracting nosewheel replaced the rearward-retracting unit of the XF-104, in order to provide improved ejection seat clearance out of the bottom of the aircraft.Ī narrow dorsal spine was added to the upper fuselage. ![]() Later upgraded to F-104A standard, produced 1955-1956, Lockheed Burbank, California (LCC)įirst flight: Februs/n: 55-2955, Mach 2.0 on February 28, 1956, first fighter flying at Mach 2.0 + in level flightĮngine: J79-GE-3A, 6710 kp / 65.8 kN / 14.800 lb thrust with afterburner, diffuser engine inlet cone, BLC (Boundary Layer Control) Similar to XF-104, lengthened fuselage, engine upgrade. No arrestor hook, no stabilizing fin, nose wheel gear retracts rearwards, downward firing ejection seatĮngine: Wright J65-B-3, no afterburner, later engine: Wright J65-W-7, 4750 kp / 45.4 kN / 10.200 lbs thrust with afterburner serial number: 53-7786, 53-7787 Prototype single seat interceptor fighter, produced 1954, Lockheed Burbank, California (LCC). Last official military operational flight:į-104S ASA-M last operational flight October 31, 2004į-104S ASA-M last military flight J(311°Gruppo RSV in support of the Eurofighter tests) Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, California, USA (designed by Lockheed "Skunk" Works) ![]()
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