Thursday, July 19, 2007

Bred of the Stars

Canadian Armed Forces CF-104 Tiger Meet











Greek F-104, special livery


Belgium Air force F-104 Starfighter Armour 1/48
I
t had one purpose, to leave the ground, get high, make the intercept and return home without running out of gas. It had the biggest turbojet, the smallest wings and required a pilot with huge cojones. The Italian air force loved them.
(Brilliance in retrospect; they just added more fuel tanks!)


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