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From: Daniel J. Matyola
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Every aircraft has to be judged by its function and service era. The
Starfighter F-104 was an interceptor
Every aircraft has to be judged by its function and service era. The
Starfighter F-104 was an interceptor designed to climb quickly to high
altitude and fire missiles at incoming bombers. That mission was
taken over by ground based missiles almost before the Starfighter came
into service. The
100% agreement, Dan. The CF104 (I'm Canadian don't forget) was a compromise
from the start. They knew that a quantum leap in jet engine technology was a
couple of years away and they needed something to fill that gap. They went with
a small, lightweight, minimalist design that extracted every
The Spitfire is also nice
and would suffice.
Dan
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On 2/12/2014 10:10 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
The Vulcan was a heavy bomber, designed for the type of air-ground
missions that fortunately were never required. It was an innovative
machine with a unique, memorable design, and served many nations quite
well.
Fortunately it never had to
You mean, of course, the invasion of Malvinas. G
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:17 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 2/12/2014 10:10 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
The Vulcan was a heavy bomber, designed for the type of air-ground
to Chris!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2014 6:31 PM
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Great shot!
This, however
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Subject: Re: F104's revisited - especially for Frank!
Great shot!
This, however, if what a REAL airplane looks like G:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10368188
Dan Matyola
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On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:00 AM, John Coyle jco
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Great shot!
This, however, if what a REAL airplane looks like G:
http
my response to Chris!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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Great shot
Stanley Halpin wrote:
On Feb 11, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
In air-to-air combat, neither the F-104 nor the Vulcan would be a
match for the Phantom. I know; that used to be my job.
Your job was to shoot down Vulcans and F-104s? I know the Marines
Dan - but see my response to Chris!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J.
Matyola
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Great shot!
This, however, if what a REAL airplane looks like G:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10368188
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:00 AM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Sorry for the delay, had to dig out the relevant
No! A mere toy. This is REALLY a real aeroplane:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Airshows1/Duxford2012/slides/_IMG3143.html
Chris
On 8 February 2014 08:30, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
Great shot!
This, however, if what a REAL airplane looks like G:
: Re: F104's revisited - especially for Frank!
No! A mere toy. This is REALLY a real aeroplane:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Airshows1/Duxford2012/slides/_IMG3143.h
tml
Chris
On 8 February 2014 08:30, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com
wrote:
Great shot!
This, however, if what
Can that thing even break the sound barrier, let alone reach Mach 2?
Dan Matyola
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On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 4:32 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote:
No! A mere toy. This is REALLY a real aeroplane:
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Can that thing even break the sound barrier, let alone reach Mach 2?
He could tell you, but obviously he'd have to kill you...
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Sent: 08 February 2014 09:32
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No! A mere toy. This is REALLY a real aeroplane:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk
Thanks Dan - but see my response to Chris!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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: Saturday, 8 February 2014 7:32 PM
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Subject: Re: F104's revisited - especially for Frank!
No! A mere toy. This is REALLY a real aeroplane:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Airshows1/Duxford2012/slides/_IMG3143.html
Chris
On 8 February 2014 08:30, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty
Sorry for the delay, had to dig out the relevant slides and find a film scanner
to scan slides!
A shot taken at Biggin Hill or Farnborough in probably the early sixties, when
the Canadian Air
Force display team was showing off during the annual air show.
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