HUGE 1/4 SCALE RC F-104 STARFIGHTER - BF 300N TURBINE - PAUL & LUKE AT LONG MARSTON - 2017

MODEL INFO -

BUILT FROM AN AIRWORLD KIT,
BUILT & PAINTED BY THE PILOT / OWNER PAUL METCALF,
SPAN - 1.8 MTR,
LENGTH - 4.17 MTR,
AUW - 27KG,
PAUL CHOSE THE JASDF COLOR SCHEME AS NOT SEEN BEFORE,
THE RETRACTS ARE HYDRAULIC POWERED FOR RELIABILITY,
POWERED BY A BF 300N GAS TURBINE ENGINE,
LIGHTS BY UNILIGHT,
MODEL PILOT BY TAILORED PILOTS,
THE DECALS ARE BY TAILOR MADE, A MIXTURE OF DRY RUB WATERSLIDE & PAINT MASKS,
PAULS USEING SPEKTRUM RADIO WITH A POWERBOX & I3E GYRO FITTED,

REAL AIRCRAFT INFO -

Role - Interceptor aircraft, fighter-bomber
National origin - United States
Manufacturer - Lockheed
First flight - 17 February 1956 (YF-104A)
Introduction - 20 February 1958
Retired - 31 October 2004 (Italy)
Status - Retired, except for private operators
Primary users
United States Air Force
German Air Force
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Turkish Air Force

Number built - 2,578
Unit cost - US$1.42 million (F-104G)[1]
Developed from - Lockheed XF-104
Variants - Lockheed NF-104A
Canadair CF-104
Aeritalia F-104S
Developed into CL-1200 Lancer and X-27

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a single-engine, supersonic interceptor aircraft which later became widely used as an attack aircraft. It was originally developed by Lockheed for the United States Air Force (USAF), but became widely used by US Allies around the world, and produced by several other NATO nations. One of the Century Series of fighter aircraft, it was operated by the air forces of more than a dozen nations from 1958 to 2004. Its design team was led by Kelly Johnson, who went on to lead or contribute to the development of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and other Lockheed aircraft.
The F-104 set numerous world records, including both airspeed and altitude records.

Its success was marred by the Lockheed bribery scandals, in which Lockheed had given bribes to a considerable number of political and military figures in various nations in order to influence their judgment and secure several purchase contracts; this caused considerable political controversy in Europe and Japan.
The poor safety record of the Starfighter also brought the aircraft into the public eye, especially in German Air Force service. Fighter ace Erich Hartmann was forced to retire from the Luftwaffe due to his outspoken opposition to selection of the F-104.

The ultimate production version of the fighter model was the F-104S, an all-weather interceptor designed by Aeritalia for the Italian Air Force, and equipped with radar-guided AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. An advanced F-104 with a high-mounted wing, known as the CL-1200 Lancer, was considered but did not proceed past the mock-up stage.
In 2018 a privately owned Starfighter is scheduled to help launch a group of small "cubesat" satellites into low orbit by carrying the rocket aloft.

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FILMED AT LONG MARSTON AIRFIELD STRATFORD UPON AVON WARWICKSHIRE CV37 8LL ON 3-6-2017