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Italeri: 1:12 F-104 G Cockpit
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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American supersonic interceptor and fighter-bomber. The F-104 is the fruit of the American experience of the Korean War, where most aerial victories were achieved by a surprise hit. This, in turn, meant that the new USAAF fighter had to, above all, be fast and have a high rate of climb. It is also a reflection of the concept of a "man-on-board rocket plane", which also operated in the Soviet and British air forces in the second half of the 1950s and early 1960s. The flight of the prototype, created by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, took place on February 7, 1954, and entry into line units began in 1958. The serial aircraft was powered by a General Electric J79 turbofan engine with thin, trapezoidal wings and an R21G / H radar. The F-104 was built in several versions. The basic ones are the F-104A, operating as a fighter, and the F-104C, that is, a fighter-bomber. Subsequent versions were built mainly for export. The F-104G, with a more powerful J79-GE-11 engine and improved avionics went to Germany, the CF-104 is a licensed version of the F-104G, but with the J79-OEL-7 engine, produced in Canada, The F-104S is an aircraft manufactured in Italy under license for the J79-GE-19 engine. Finally, the F-104J was built for the Japanese Air Force with the J79-IHI-11A engine at Mitsubishi factories. The plane designed to train test pilots was the NF-104 Rocket Starfighter. The F-104 was an incredibly difficult plane to pilot and "unforgivable" for mistakes. It suffered many crashes - in the German air force alone 110 of the 238 F-104 aircraft crashed! Technical data (F-104G version): Maximum speed: 2137 km/h, climb rate: max. 254 m/s, maximum altitude 27,400 m, maximum range: 2,920 km, armament: fixed - one six-barreled M61A-1 20 mm cannon, suspended - up to 1,814 kg of load.