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Image courtesy of americanflyers.net © Lou Drendel

"F-104X" NF-104 NF-760 "Missile With A Man In It"
The USAF Aerospace Research Pilots School is at Edwards, and during the 1960s and 1970s one of the aircraft which came to symbolize the extreme nature of the curriculum was the Lockheed NF-104 Starfighter. This version of the "Missile With A Man In It" featured a 6,000 lb thrust Rocketdyne AR-2 auxiliary rocket engine in the tail, which enabled the NF-104 to reach altitudes in excess of 100,000 feet. At those altitudes, conventional aerodynamic controls are ineffective. In order to provide pitch, yaw, and roll control, reaction thrusters were installed in the nose, wings, and tail. An NF-104A, piloted by Major R.W. Smith, USAF, set an unofficial altitude record of 118,600 feet in November 1963. In this painting the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) logo is laid over the sands of Edwards AFB.

[mustangdriver]

I am with you on that one. I have a piece of the one yeager bailed out of in my gameroom.

[STARMAN 352ND]

I would add this one if they made it ...I like the all silver Starfighter .
JP

[Tyler109]

I think a see a plane over here with my name on it...Heck yeah they better make that

[mustangdriver]

Tower: "Aircraft on ramp, do you have a flight plan."
Yeager: "I 'm just taking her out to wrang her out a bit."
Having met the man, I got tosay that the actor got it right.

[hawkonevoodoo]

Duly noted!!!!!!!!

[Tyler109]

Originally Posted by mustangdriver

Tower: "Aircraft on ramp, do you have a flight plan."
Yeager: "I 'm just taking her out to wrang her out a bit."
Having met the man, I got tosay that the actor got it right.

"He must have clearance....right?"

[admin]

It's a shame everyones doing these models in painted silver instead of polished metal.

[Tyler109]

Originally Posted by admin

It's a shame everyones doing these models in painted silver instead of polished metal.

I couldn't agree more. I think that would absolutely make a world of difference on them and I don't know about the rest of you but if there's extra cost involved and I'm sure there is to give it a polished finish I'd be willing to pay for it.

[Phantom Phan1200]

That would make a great model for the HM F-104 line.
Matchbox was going to do that one before they went under, if I remember correctly there were even prepro pic's on the web.