F-104 Starfighter -the missile with a man
The F-104 was developed from the Korea war lessons. Requirements for speed and rate of climb were the most important at the time. The Lockheed company with the briliant designer Keli Gohnson designed a plane that was looking like a missile with a man . The prototypes were powered by the J65 engine that limited speed up to mach 1.5 .When the J79 become available max speed rose to mach 2.2.
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The model is WHM in 1: 50 scale.
Yair
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