frank theriault wrote: > On 10/18/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Can we talk about the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter? Please Bob? There's a >> plane that is gorgeous. The B-58 Hustler gives me goosebumps too. > > That was the most beautiful aircraft ever designed, IMHO. > > Okay, there's the Spitfire, but it's the most beautiful (and dangerous > looking) jet was (and is) the Starfighter. > > I think I told this story to the list before, but when I was a kid I > lived about a kilometer from the Canadair factory. Canadair, later > sold to Bombardier for a song and a dance was the government owned > aircraft factory that among other planes, built CF 104s in the 60's > for both the Canadian and German airforces. I remember them flying > (literally!) over my house, both taking off and landing (depending, > obviously, on the wind). When those afterburners kicked in, they made > one hell of a lot of noise! > > But it was cool noise to a 10 year old kid... > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank >
The F-104 was a good-looking airplane. But it'll never be as pretty as a Canadair Sabre mkVI (the penultimate version of the F-86). -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
