▶️FULL POWER HOWL Afterburner F-104 STARFIGHTER Leeuwarden 

The "missle with a man in it"

The Manual Missile

I’m with u on this one bro forreal ⭐️

a rocket with a brave human seated on it 🤠

It's a flying coffin after all.

And Widowmaker, ground nail, rocket with wings, wings only to carry weapons and position light,.... In germany: you want a starfighter? Buy some land and wait

​@@nurderbvbabernurderbvb3:05

Wow, nice!!

Shit I thought they lost a bearing

MILITARY AIRCRAFT JET FIGHTER F-104 STARFIGHTER /CAPABILITIES

You know I cannot work out which howl I like the most the f104 or the vulcan. Both howls are absolutely amazing to hear and give me goosebumps each time I hear them but I cannot decide what ones better.

@@ValiantXD818 agreed, both sound great. Another jet that I think sounds awesome is the SAAB Draken. Not so much of a howl but sounds great. And that afterburner flame, almost as long as the Draken looks incredible.

We hear you and also the howl!

hahahah, yeah whats the bell for, please take it down!

@@slueccroll4661 It is there to warn the car traffic on the base for incoming or departing planes.

@@henkdelange3107 Thank you. I was wondering also.

what a terrible noise that bell makes

Yup, really annoying sound indeed, sorry about that folks!

That's right, it's the bell of the base itself that is right in front of the spotters place. It was just replaced this week and it is even louder. This is the reason that I am no longer on the spotters place for video recordings. The bell is for traffic passing the head of the runway.

Yeah, that bell was very distracting.

Well, at least the J-79’s afterburner is more than loud enough to drown it out lol…at least if it is close enough

The "greatest" aviaton engineer created a flying coffin. 1/3 of the western German fleet crashed down 😂

He earned renown for his contributions to many noteworthy aircraft designs, especially the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes, but also including the P-38 Lightning, P-80 Shooting Star, and F-104 Starfighter, among others.

​@christianw.7824 It wasn't that bad, POLITICIANS tried to use it as a multiple fighter. It wasn't designed for that purpose and that's when the issues started.

@@la_old_salt2241 Yep, as Always .....

I'll answer that for you: yes

just small wings and pilot seat place

@@makantahi3731 2 x 3 meter

None other than Kelly Johnson, the cat that designed both the U-2 and the Blackbird.....I've heard/read that the leading edge of the wing was so sharp, it would cut you

Three fucking wheels, a fucking control stick, and a fucking seat was the answer (to mock-quote a great line in Planes Trains And Automobiles).

Wow, any landing where you get out alive is a good landing

You're welcome!

My grandfather, Victor Horton, was up in one of the 2-seat NASA Starfighters with Bill Dana one morning and decided to give his parents a wake-up call in the form of sonic boom over the center of town at 6 a.m., LOL.

Ditto!

Ditto

Ditto

As I recall they had a terrible safety record?

And this you are shure of? Because they make the same howl in test-stand operation with no aircraft intake duct on it (or aircraft around it at all)...

This guy says not, I think I trust him ! :- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iqDcc-6nUv0.html

@@flyfaen1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iqDcc-6nUv0.html

@@andy530i Exactly :), the -7 (and -11 if I'm not mistaken) makes the howl, due to the configuration/design of the petals in the exhaust nozzle. Later versions of the J79 did not howl like these...

@@andy530i Thanks for the good info. So it is neither the intake nor the afterburner that makes the howl, but the exhaust nozzle with shorter blades that the GE J79 engine in an F104 is equipped with. The small flame at the bottom of the afterburner you can see at 18.35 is the pilot burner, which ignites the extra fuel that was injected when activating the afterburner. Then we got that mystery solved :-)

Yep she's the one!

What do you mean by "with"?! It IS the engine

Got any Beemans?

@@charlesbonkley I might have me a stick...

@@wiplashsmile Well, loan me some. I'll pay you back later.

The Starfighter is the world's third coolest aircraft, right after the SR 71 and the Spitfire.

F-106 has to take the cake, I think.

@@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X Totally agree. The F-104 was an experiment, with the only thought behind it "Can we make a M2 aircraft in mass production?" It was rudimentary in every aspect. Meanwhile the F-106 was the culmination of all thing interceptor before it, the apex of interceptor design.

Certainly hadthecoolestname ever

@@johnrandall125 u really just gonna leave out the F4 Phantom?

Just like the real thing 😜

LOL.

Nice story, enjoyed it!

Hold my beer too!

Yes and also the F-14 Tomcat

Yet somehow it was nicknamed the "Widowmaker"

He designed more like his contributions to a series of important aircraft designs, most notably the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.

One of the few ........

It was one of my favorite aircrafts when I was in grade school.

Considering how many crashed in service..............

@@paulhebblethwaite7168 Yeah, Mach 2 was new territory when this came out. Some things weren't well thought out, such as the ejection seat releasing the pilot from the bottom of the plane.

Yeah, most have lawn-darted

It also gives us goosebumps, wonderful sound

Not the boundary layer. It's there to create a shockwave so the airflow into the engine isn't supersonic.

On the F-4 phantom the movable air inlet for the engine is called a vari ramp. I worked on them at Clark Airbase in the Philippines. It lets in less air at high speeds. 👍

Thx for the update!

One of my favorites is the F-14 Tomcat and especially the Jolly Rogers VF-84

Ditto!

Thank you for your service, Sir! 👍

They're a little behind the times in their car alarms in Norway.

@@shreddder999 Leeuwarden is in the Netherlands.

@@kevinh5218 sorry typo

Needs more cowbell 😂

Gawd awful...

You are so right, she is still a beauty!

The 104 is like a musical instrument. The afterburner adds the bass to the music. ;)

We hear you and the howl of the F-104

She is a lovely beast!

At the time it was built, it was the world's fastest, highest flying plane. I believe it still holds the low altitude record, accomplished by a privately owned, gold in color F-104. What a beauty!

She still is a beauty!

#metoo

@@blindsquirrel577 👍

Ditto! But also the famous F-14 Tomcat!

lol

It's way lower and smaller than the F-16, that's the first we noticed!

I’ve been trying for my entire life to acquire one. Just hard as hell to save enough money with real life happening at at the same time!!

We've got 5 now airworthy, who's next?

So true! 😊

Really? WOW!

Nice!

Hear hear..........

Like a howling wolf, they used to say. Back in the day.

dan kuettel me too and the f5

What about the F-1`4 Tomcat?

Yes, she was awesome!

Nice!

Hi Tommy. My dad was a 104 IP at Luke in the 60's. Great times. Dad passed in '21. I have his flight suit, helmet, spurs and operation manuals.

So far known these are still airworthy: 54251 - based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 54258 - based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 54261 - based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida. And this one: 104637 - Bodø Main Air Station. Civilian registration LN-STF.

Yep! Proposed trainer version of the F-104A Interceptor. However the USAF decided to have two-seaters capable of carrying weapons and ordered the F-104B version instead.

Almost. It's actually a CF-104D.

hear, hear

Heb gegrepen dat hij op de LMD gaat komen, of anders Sanicole :)

Sicherlich wahr, vor allem weil die Deutschen so viele hatten.

@Galileo7of9 Agreed. Never said they modified a 104... But they sure didn't completely ignore what they had.

Yep!

Love to see her flyijng in an airshow one time. The howl is magic.

Indeed she is!

The 104 also appeared in the episode "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" in the first season of the original Star Trek series.

What about "The Starfighters"?

Grazie per il messaggio. Contento che ti piaccia

You mean likethe Avro Vulcan?

@@kevinh5218 yes.

Even airliners howl during approach, let every jet howl

Well, what about the F-14, me like!

That's the bell for traffic at the air base to stop. There is also a traffic light at both ends of the runway.

With 50% fuel in the tanks and a full afterburner, it could rise vertically.

It's a record holder

Questo è vero, ma questo creatore di vedove rimane un bellissimo strumento volante

Fair enough!

Ditto!

Love the sound of it!

He earned renown for his contributions to many noteworthy aircraft designs, especially the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes, but also including the P-38 Lightning, P-80 Shooting Star, and F-104 Starfighter, among others.

Yep

Ditto!

love it

A bad ass jet smokes!

Small wings for efficient supersonic flights. Missiles (AIM 9 Sidewinder), (nuclear) bombs or fueltank at pylons under the wings. At wingtips missiles or fueltanks. And a Gatling gun inside.

Small airframe, but still bad ass!

Love it, very special sound, it gives you goosebumps

Love to see your vids !!

Starfighter, or something else? Please explain

Awesome jet, we like!

It's only money.

Boneyards!

lol

Yes we can, no we won't, haha....

日本にはまだ非常に優れたF-15があり、他の国々と同じようにF-35に切り替えました。 軍事飛行の世界は退屈し始めています。

One of the remaining, yes indeed!

Love the sound of freedom!

Indeed, sorry about that. It is for the traffic on the base to stop

Thank you, Sir!

haha

If it does not smoke there is no fire

It is there to warn the car traffic on the base for incoming or departing planes.

Yep, you're right. Thx!

There will be a remaster in a week, sorry about the noise

Kelly Johnson esigning more than 40 wartime and Cold War-era aircraft, including the path-breaking F-104 Starfighter, U-2 Reconnaissance, SR-71 Blackbird, and F-117 Stealth Fighter. So take a pick, haha...

That is an impressive list of aircraft. We will see less and less of the F-16, unfortunately. The F-16 is increasingly being replaced by the F-35, some find it ugly when it is on the ground, but beautiful when it flies. No idea whether the F-35 is the best choice to replace the F-35. The howl of the F-104 always gives me goosebumps and the F-16 still gives great airshows due to its maneuverability. I have never seen the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, but I have seen the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and it sounds like an old-fashioned vacuum cleaner. The Raptor is a favorite, as are the F-15 and the Saab Gripen. What else do you like?

@@fransmargadant Wow, what else do I like? That's a big question. I like the F4 Corsair, the P51, the Mosquito, the P38, the B1 which has elegance to its impressive function, where as the B52 seems to be a giant boxcar with wings. I was impresses by the ability of the F4 Phantom, though to me it looked like a real life example of the saying about how you can make a brick fly with enough engine. And speaking of making a brick fly, you should look up the one wing landing an Israeli pilot did with an F15, just incredible! The F15 is another example of mussel with only a bit of elegance whereas the F22 is an incredible mix of mussel, elegance and lethality, just incredible. I haven't made up my mind on the F35 yet but I'm leaning towards liking it. I sorta kinda liked the original F18 but the Super Hornet seems a bit oversized though very capable aircraft. I took a picture of the Blue Angels flying the Super Hornet in a diamond formation where they are coming out of a downward turn setting up for a low pass where the angle of the shot makes it seem that you're going to get sucked into their intakes. And that's just those that come immediately to mind. 😉

Boneyards

It is for the traffic on the air base

It is a missle with a bite!

Yes it is, which plane is even louder?

lol

For the traffic on the base to stop

Rip Out on the other side... Not sure why I can no longer EDIT my own comments any more...

Nasa flew them till 1994 and italian air force till 2004 still flying in 2021 @ Cape Canaveral airfield

Looks like German "The Vikings" F 104G Starfighter Demo Team

Haha

Zipper; "Missile With A Man In It"; Witwenmacher "Widowmaker" (Bundesluftwaffe nickname); Flying Coffin; Ground Nail; Bullet & Blades; Badmash "Wicked One" (Pakistani nickname for F-104As), Eiko "Glory" (Japanese nickname for F-104Js), Spaghetti Starfighter (Italian nickname for F-104S-ASAs.)

@@fransmargadant The Japanese got it right.

Op dit moment gaat het nog niet zo goed met deze "old lady". Maar als het goed is gaan we haar vaker zien op airshows in Europa.