Thursday, November 24, 2011

F-104

F-104 Starfighter

Lockheed


                                                              First F-104

This Wikipedia picture of the XF-104 is 1800 x 1187 at 300 dpi.  The actual photo is not sharp and lowering the dpi to 72 might not be noticeable.


Crew:                    1

Power:                   General Electric J79-GE-11A turbojet
                              7,076 kg / 15,600 lb afterburning thrust

Max. Speed:          1,845 kph / 1,146 mph
Ceiling:                  15,240 m / 50,000 ft
Range:                   1,740 km / 1081 miles
Climb:                    14,640 m / 48,000 ft per minute

Weight -
Empty:                   6,348 kg / 13,995 lb
Max. Take Off:      13,170 kg / 29,035 lb

Size -
Wingspan:             6.36 m / 21 ft 9 in, excluding wingtip missiles
Wing Area:            18.22 sq m / 196.1 sq ft
Length:                  16.66 m / 54 ft 8 in
Height:                   4.09 m / 13 ft 5 in

Armament:
                            1 - 20 mm / 0.78 in six barrel cannon
                            wingtip mounted Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
                            and up to 1,814 kg / 4,000 lb of external stores


                                          Do you see a potential problem here?

This 1757 x 978 photo is from Hubert Peitzmeier's historic account of the German F-104 at 916-Starfighter.


                                                                Cockpit

You won't get too comfortable.  Military Factory gives us this 637 x 800 image.


                                                     Graphics with Specs

What If Modelers provides this 1115 x 960 graphic.

Related Topics:

F-80 Shooting Star

F-89 Scorpion

F-94 Starfire

F-102 Delta Dagger


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