I wonder if the Danes still have their F-104's sitting in a hangar. I believe they only had 20 or 30. Unlike the Germans, the Danes knew how to properly fly them!
The F-104 was designed to use the General Electric J79 turbojet engine, fed by side-mounted intakes with fixed inlet cones optimized for performance at Mach 1.7 (increased to Mach 2 for later F-104s equipped with more powerful J79-GE-19 engines). Unlike some supersonic aircraft, the F-104 did not have variable-geometry inlets; instead at high Mach numbers excess air was bypassed around the engine. This bypass air also helped cool the engine. Its thrust-to-drag ratio was excellent, allowing a maximum speed well in excess of Mach 2. Available thrust was actually limited by the geometry of the inlet scoop and duct; the aircraft was capable of even higher Mach numbers if the aluminum skin of the aircraft were able to withstand the heating due to air friction. Furthermore, speeds above Mach 2 quickly overheated the J79 engine beyond its thermal capabilities, which resulted in the F-104 being given a design airspeed limitation of Mach 2. The engine consisted of a 17-stage compressor, an accessory drive section, an annular combustion chamber, a three-stage turbine, and an afterburner. The most powerful version of the J79, the J79-GE-19, was rated at 52.8 kN (11,900 lbf) dry thrust and 79.6 kN (17,900 lbf) with afterburner. World records The reason behind the "starfighter" name! On 14 December 1959, USAF Captain "Joe" B. Jordan, flying F-104C 56-0885 at Edwards AFB, set a new world altitude record of 103,389 feet (31,513 m), in the process becoming the first aircraft to take off under its own power and cross both the 30,000-meter and 100,000-foot thresholds. He also set a 30,000-meter (98,400 ft) time-to-climb record of 904.92 seconds. USAF Major Robert W. Smith, flying NF-104A 56-0756, set an unofficial world altitude record of 118,860 ft (36,230 m) on 15 November 1963, and on 6 December 1963 he flew the same aircraft to another unofficial altitude record of 120,800 ft (36,800 m).
Fantastisk flot arbejde, både med optagelse og senere restaurering. Det virker til at være en meget høj fart de lander med, men det var vel også nærmest en raket med 2 små vinger og et cockpit foran. For at opnå Mach 2 må vingerne vel være meget tynde og ikke give meget opdrift, men et fantastisk fly for sin tid. Tak for at du deler denne film.
Dejlige minder, jeg var menig i CAT indtil maj 69, skurvognen ved eskadrillebygningen brugte vi, så vi hurtig kunne komme ud til flyene, der blev spillet en del kort i ventetiden.
super flotte billede kvalitet, det var lige den film jeg skulle bruge, da jeg skulle bruge farver fra en af de 104èr min far (p. johansen JON ) har fløjet, som er R-698 der er en af de grå m/hvide vinger.
Pretty much like youd expect. A hatch on the bottom of the plane jettisons and the seat drops out through the hole. Although only the early F-104s had them, pretty sure the major variant here, the G, had a regular seat, since they had realized it was possible to clear the tail when ejecting, since very few ejections occurred at supersonic speeds. Which is why they started out with downwards firing seats.
Hej Caroline - Jeg håber du læser dette : Hvis du kan sende de rå optagelser til mig, så har jeg noget software der kan udrette de rystelser der er, da det er håndholdt; Det det vil give et resultat der er endnu bedre at se på. Min egentlige force er lyd-produktion, således vil jeg også forbedre denne i samme omgang. Giv lyd :)
Tak for at lægge denne skønne video på RU-vid. Jeg savner stadig hylet fra F-104'erens turbojet når den passerede over vores hus som barn. Det lå lige under en af indflyvningsruterne til FSN Aalborg og med den gamle transistorradio kunne vi af og til høre radiokommunikationen.
Ach du lieber...Das Widow Maker...! Should have got the Rocket with 2 wings - English Electric Lightning - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dTr2UvLqfkQ.html
Tyrion Lannister The film was uploaded by the son and granddaughter of a pilot and squadron leader. I think they know all about the plane and the loss of pilots.
@@Jakob_DK And already knowing that I was commenting that Denmark should have got the BETTER plane....the Rocket with 2 wings - English Electric Lightning...! Instead like many NATO countries they were pressured into buying the F-104 - which the Luftwaffe's Erich Hartmann (world's top-scoring fighter ace) commanding one of Germany's first (post-war) jet fighter squadrons judged the F-104 unfit for Luftwaffe use even before its introduction. He said the F-104 was an unsafe aircraft, with poor handling characteristics for aerial combat where the small wings gave the F-104 poor sustained turn performance and they could not carry fuel, so the aircraft had a very limited range. Also without an useful radar, plus its combat load was only a cannon and heat-seeking missiles = a clear day weather-only fighter. In stark contrast; the English Electric Lightning was designed....as an interceptor fighter and as such, it has probably the fastest rate-of-climb of any combat aircraft....was also a much safer aeroplane to fly...with two engines...!
Reminded me of those days we used to deploy to Denmark with ACE Rapid Deployment. Our Harriers and Puma Helicopters Squadrons like 1 sqn 230 and have a great time. I met the Queen once and a lovely lady she was. I think it was at Skydstrup! All the best steve
Great video! Interesting you use a WWII German Luftwaffe song at the beginning. To answer a previous comment the Danes would of fought tenaciously in the event of a war with the Big Red Machine. God bless your father and grandfather! Jet noise...The sound of freedom!
The F-104 was in fact a terrible aircraft. Not without reason it‘s nickname was ‚widowmaker‘. The West-German Luftwaffe lost about 1 out of every 3 Starfighters. Other NATO airforces had similar loss numbers. The USAF itself thought the aircraft was a failure and Lockheed was all to glad that naive European governments and air forces showed interest. About the same thing is happening again nowadays with the F-35.....
@@laurencethornblade1195 ..yeah I think so... This taken from Dr. Marshall Michel, 52nd Fighter Wing Historian...."Between 15 and 20 German 104s crashed every year between 1968 and 1972 and continued at a rate of about 10 F-104s per year until it was replaced. The final tally was the loss of 292 of the 916 Starfighters and the death of 115 pilots"
This film was uploaded by the son and granddaughter of a pilot. I would say it was a challenging job their father and grandfather did under the circumstances. He did not choose the air plane but it was difficult and some was lost. DDR and Poland was very close and with Soviet war ships in the water shown.
Interesting film. The question is, would Denmark have used their armed forces if the USSR had attacked, or just stood aside and let them in, as they did with Germany in 1940?
As a former Air Force officer I can assure you we would have fought them with everything we had. Unfortunately that would probably not have been very much as the attack plans of the WAPA showed the would have started by nuking every single square feet of land into oblivion and would only have taken the land in order to secure their access to the North Sea etc.
You can not compare pre and post WW2 conditions discarding the historical context. Denmark had no allies pre war and the military had been neglected heavily due too the depression and irresponsible politicians . Danish politics was largely influenced by a policy of neutrality since the defeat at Dybbøl in 1864, where Denmark lost extensive land in South Schleswig. This policy of neutrality continued through WW1 and until 1949 when Denmark became a member of NATO. By this time, the world was simply too polarized in terms of neutrality. With the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1948, this became very clear.
