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02/17/2026
Feb17th, 1956 - 1st Flight of the Lockheed YF-104A. 68 years ago.
Herman (“Fish”) Salmon was the test pilot for the first flight of a service test prototype - Lockheed YF-104A which would become the standard F-104A production aircraft.
The F-104 Starfighter was developed by the "Skunk Works" team of Kelly Johnson. It had a maximum speed of 1,150 knots at 35,000 feet. The Starfighter’s initial rate of climb was 60,395 feet per minute and its service ceiling was 59,600 feet. A total of 2,578 F-104s of all variants were produced by Lockheed and its licensees.
The USAF retired the f-104 in 1969. Italy continued to fly the Starfighter until finally retiring it in 2004.
Interesting read about ejecting from an F-104 here:
http://www.ejectionsite.com/yf104eject.htm
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