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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

Bild: Wikimedia Commons

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter represented radical fighter design philosophy with its extremely short 6.6-meter wingspan and needle-like 16.7-meter fuselage. Achieving an astounding 2,459.5 km/h, this single-seat interceptor epitomized Cold War speed competition, despite controversial operational limitations.

Technische Daten

Herkunft
United States
Besatzung
1
Triebwerke
1
Erstflug
1954
Länge
16,7 m
Spannweite
6,6 m
Höchstgeschwindigkeit
2.460 km/h