Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor. Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the United States Air F
A former Royal Netherlands Air Force F-104G
A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-104G Starfighter in flight on 2 June 1963.
Lockheed F-104A
Detail of F-104G's GE J79 turbojet exhaust (red coloring added by Technik Museum Sinsheim, Germany)
Erich Hartmann
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Erich Alfred Hartmann, nicknamed Bubi, was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participat
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
…service, some aircraft were modified to carry a flight data recorder or "black box", which could give an indication of the probable cause of an accident. Erich Hartmann, the world's top-scoring fighter ace, commanded one of West Germany's first post-war jet-fighter-equipped wings and deemed the F-104 to be an unsafe…
Hartmann, 1942–1944
Erich Hartmann with his Bf 109 in October 1943
Bf 109 in the Hartmann color scheme on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
Hartmann (right) and German flying ace Walter Krupinski (left) meeting American flying aces Hubert Zemke (second from left) and Bud Mahurin (1963)