To think that this aircraft is 54 years old and still more exciting to see than anything today. Yet we also see the best looking jet fighter ever made, A 65 year old CF-86 !
@@deborahchesser7375 The F-4 is another 62 year old fabulous mean machine but it was tandem and not single seat fighter although both (F-86 & F-104) had tandem models for training. Both the USAF Thunderbirds and the US navy Blue Angels used the F-4 back in the 1970s. These made for lung crushing sounds during their crowd pleasing shows. The F-4 are very impressive machines ! The Canadian Golden Hawks demonstration team used the F-86 back in the 1960s and what a show they put on ! I'll stop now because I'm starting to give away my age. Thanks for the comment.
As a kid I used to visit my German grandparents in southwestern Germany - this was in the '70s during the Cold War and we'd regularly see the German F-104s streaking over the pasturelands at low levels, doing their training. It was quite the sight (and sound!)
Fabulous aircraft ! I work at a shop that services the J79, some of which are running in Starfighters, and in other aircraft. I won't try to put a link here, but I have a playlist of test runs called "The J79 Turbojet engine" that you might enjoy.
Che ricordi! Un rombo ineguagliabile e che allo stesso tempo inebriava e metteva soggezione. Negli anni '70 passavano spesso sul mio paesino anche a bassa quota. Spettacolari!
I got my PPL in 1978. I'd love to fly to airshows, just to see (and hear) the 104. Never got over looking at those wings. Seriously folks, I have tables that are larger and thicker!
When l was a f16 crew chief in 94 in the north of Norway l was lucky to welcome 2 italien 104's. They had the (according to my very old boss) upgraded engien so the classic 104 sound was missing when the fly over us. All the old guys was flying down the memory line that day. Thanks for sharing sir 🇳🇴☕
Per 7 lunghi anni ho avuto il piacere di vederlo decollare e atterrare al fantastico 3^ stormo di Villafranca. Ogni tipo di volo diurno e notturno con il post bruciatore che lanciava una fiammata poderosa quanto il rombo del motore. Bellissime esperienze e ricordi del 132° e 28° gruppo che porterò sempre con me.
My father retired from the Air Force in 1969 originally flying P47s during WWII. We were stationed at several bases during his career one of which was Eglin AFB, Florida, from 1956 to 1960. We heard these and others flying everyday.
I was Stationed at Hahn AB West Germany in the very early 80's during Exercises German and Italian F104's would "Attack" the base quite impressive. Once I was on the roadway above St Goar on the Rhine when a Luftwaffe F104 flew about 50 feet above the river it was quite the show
I seen two of them flying around Edwards AFB, California around the early 1980s. They were both painted white. They both belong to NASA. I loved that sound they made. Awesome.
About twenty years ago I lived under one of the flight paths of San Francisco International. One day I was in my driveway when I heard something unlike normal jet noise, so I looked up. F-104!
I was stationed at Luke AFB in 1971 and there was a whole squadron of F-104s that were owned and flown by the Luftwaffe as they were training on the Gila Bend Gunnery Range now called the Barry M Goldwater bombing range. The main aircraft USAF pilots were being trained in at the time was the F-4 Phantom. I got to see plenty of both while stationed there.
Che emozione rivederlo... peccato essere stati gli ultimi a dismetterlo e non averne nemmeno uno in condizioni di volo. Dovremmo avere piu' cultura in questo senso, come Paese. Abbiamo lasciato ai privati ed ex AM l'onere di riportare in volo anche un Fiat G91, ma se non altro, lo abbiamo fatto in casa. Peccato. Ma mi sono emozionato a risentire il sibilo del mitico Spillone! Grazie
Ha completamente ragione purtroppo in Italia si pensa solo alla conservazione dei beni architettonici ma non non abbiamo istituzionalmente la cultura della conservazione delle fantastiche macchine che abbiamo costruito nel tempo e non vale solo per gli aerei ma anche ad esempio per i treni, si salvano solo in parte le automobili ed è un vero peccato.
we had these planes flying over our home all the time in northern Netherlands in the 1960's , the dutch air force had about 3 or 4 airfields where f-104's were stationed.
Kelly Johnson put a cockpit and a huge engine in the smallest fuselage he could come up with.. Result is the F104 (The Missile with a man in it) today it's still beast.
The F-104 was called the widow maker! If you wanted to get one, it was easy. You bought a ten-acre field and waited a few months. One F-104 always fell into your field.
L'ulutato mi ricorda le estati degli anni 80, quando passavano sopra casa mia i G di Villafranca, con il loro inconfondibile suono e la loro imponente scia di fumo.
@@theflyingboy2734 Non abitavo vicino all'aeroporto, ma a circa 1 ora di distanza. Ma a cavallo tra gli 80 e 90, i voli a bassa quota erano frequentissimi, così come i bang sonici, se ne sentivano sempre un paio ogni settimana.
Ce n'è un esemplare buttato vicino casa. Con le ali o senza e' uguale. Quando passavano qui su il suono era inconfondibile. Piace a molti odiato da altri ma ha segnato un epoca.
Grazie per il video: hai trovato il modo migliore per onorare il 'missile' dopo tanti anni di onorevole servizio!!! Me li ricordo da giovane quando passavano sulle Dolomiti alla mia altezza mentre ero sulle cime, grandi, grandi emozioni da ragazzino! (ma anche i G91) E grz a chi ha deciso in AM di non farlo morire e tenerlo in vita. (....e ho visto che non è il solo anziano in ottima forma!)
I remember that sound from my youth when the Dutch Airforce operated the F104's, until the F16's came in, with a whole different noise.. :-) and now, we have F35's...
Bel video. Per noi poveri appassionati presenti il sabato non ci resta che vedere i video dei presenti la domenica (e anche il venerdi'). Quanti ricordi di quando sfrecciavano anche sul cielo di Roma e poi l'addio a Pratica nel 2004
The Taiwanese Air Force flew these in the mid-1960s. Awesome fighter! The leading edges of the wings were so sharp that red protectors were placed on them while parked.
I really like the F-104 Starlight J79 engine sound is very attractive The sound of the gain intake is also very charming This looks like a G But I see JET on the fuselage Makes me suspect it's a Mitsubishi J See its vertical tail Again wondering if it Super Starlight Twin Seat TF
I joined the Canadian Air Force too late to work on the CF-104 by about 5 years. A lot of guys at work did their time on them, and I got to hear some awesome stories. One guy was in Baden when a pilot accidentally punched his tip tanks, and after landing tried to fix the switches to cover it up, thus punching off the pylons on the taxiway...oops. There's a picture to prove it.
Makes my arm hair stand! Goose bumps! Back in the 70's I was an air cadet at cfb penhole Alta. 104 out of cold lake did a LOW altitude fly over at our nco graduation..wow! It literally sounded like a "tie" fighter from star wars!
It's the pilot screaming when he opens the throttle :) It's all engine, fuselage is smaller than new planes because it doesn't have all the electronics
Finally! Without tanks! As nature intended it to be!! Would have loved tobsee a knife edge approach or 90 degree banked turn just to show those tiny wings
Io sono di ghedi. sesto stormo. prima dei tornado..... avevamo gli f104. e che dire... ero bambino.... mi ricordo ancora il suono che faceva. questo fischio sibilante....... sara' pure datato. ma che bello era!!!!!! l'aereo piu' figo di sempreeeee!!!!!!!!!!
I had an old, crappy Testor's model of the 104 and it simply did not do the aircraft justice. Perhaps it was the diminutive scale (or perhaps it's because Testor's took so many shortcuts) but the real aircraft is a badass.
Uno dei più bei caccia intercettori di sempre, insieme al AMX sono state colonne portanti nella AMI per molti anni. Purtroppo l'ho visto solo statico su un piedistallo in una base durante il mio breve servizio di mini naja nel 2011 in Puglia.
Growing up in the 60's, the F-104 was my favorite fighter jet. And I still love it.
For me it was a toss-up with the F-101
@@tepree Voodoo might be the best fighter jet name of all time.
There is nothing like the howl of the J79 !
I consider myself lucky to had the chance of hearing it!!
The F-4s I worked on had two, loved it.
I absolutely love that "blue note." The F-104 is one of my favorites.
The most beautiful fighter aircraft ever built. Nothing Sounds Like It. Thank You.
10 mesi da VAM al IV Stormo caccia di Grosseto. Dopo 35 anni questo suono mi sballa ancora ❤
Ci credo! 😍 grazie per il tuo commento
Basically a flying engine, still one of the fastest fighters ever built 🐾✌️🇺🇸
A chi lo dici x me ne sono passati 54 ero al xxGruppo il mio comandante mi portò in volo Degli Innocenti
To think that this aircraft is 54 years old and still more exciting to see than anything today. Yet we also see the best looking jet fighter ever made, A 65 year old CF-86 !
I’m a big F-4 fan, it’s hard to have a single favorite aircraft. They all have different personalities 🐾✌️🇺🇸
@@deborahchesser7375 The F-4 is another 62 year old fabulous mean machine but it was tandem and not single seat fighter although both (F-86 & F-104) had tandem models for training. Both the USAF Thunderbirds and the US navy Blue Angels used the F-4 back in the 1970s. These made for lung crushing sounds during their crowd pleasing shows. The F-4 are very impressive machines ! The Canadian Golden Hawks demonstration team used the F-86 back in the 1960s and what a show they put on !
I'll stop now because I'm starting to give away my age. Thanks for the comment.
YES! On the CF-86 Also
As a kid I used to visit my German grandparents in southwestern Germany - this was in the '70s during the Cold War and we'd regularly see the German F-104s streaking over the pasturelands at low levels, doing their training. It was quite the sight (and sound!)
Over or into?
...our unit used to send out a group to guard the F104 crash sites...
IL sound del F104 è musica per le mie orecchie. Aereo fantastico che molte volte ho potuto vedere da vicino. Complimenti per il video ❤😊
Avrei voluto avere più possibilità anche io, ma sono troppo giovane! Grazie mille, buona serata 🙏
Grazie mille per il cuore ❤️
Altrettanto. Buona serata
Ф-104 зато самый смешной и уродливый сверхзвуковой истребитель!😅
F104 スターファイターかっこいい‼︎
アメリカ機でF22 ラプターと並んで一番好き
Fabulous aircraft !
I work at a shop that services the J79, some of which are running in Starfighters, and in other aircraft. I won't try to put a link here, but I have a playlist of test runs called "The J79 Turbojet engine"
that you might enjoy.
Che ricordi! Un rombo ineguagliabile e che allo stesso tempo inebriava e metteva soggezione. Negli anni '70 passavano spesso sul mio paesino anche a bassa quota. Spettacolari!
Weren't these dubbed 'widow-makers' back when they were in regular service, due to numerous crashes?
If the pilot was any further forward, he would be outside the aircraft. Beautiful aircraft.
I got my PPL in 1978. I'd love to fly to airshows, just to see (and hear) the 104.
Never got over looking at those wings. Seriously folks, I have tables that are larger and thicker!
Maintenance personnel used to get serious cuts if they weren't careful and accidentally bumped their head on the leading edges.
When l was a f16 crew chief in 94 in the north of Norway l was lucky to welcome 2 italien 104's. They had the (according to my very old boss) upgraded engien so the classic 104 sound was missing when the fly over us. All the old guys was flying down the memory line that day. Thanks for sharing sir 🇳🇴☕
Thank you for your story 😍
@@theflyingboy2734 your welcome sir
Ci ho volato più di mille ore con lo spillone. L’ho amato e lo amerò sempre!❤
Tanta invidia! Grazie per il commento!
Beato te! Davvero!!!
Per 7 lunghi anni ho avuto il piacere di vederlo decollare e atterrare al fantastico 3^ stormo di Villafranca. Ogni tipo di volo diurno e notturno con il post bruciatore che lanciava una fiammata poderosa quanto il rombo del motore. Bellissime esperienze e ricordi del 132° e 28° gruppo che porterò sempre con me.
F-104 Starfighter, a guided missile with little wings and massive engine
🤣🤣 we all think about that
intercettore più bello di tutti i tempi
The Lawn Dart is still a crazy aircraft. Beautiful plane. Thank you Skunk Works for the Widowmaker.
AKA “Ground Nail.”
@@kennethjackson7574 AKA “Missile with a man in it”
My father retired from the Air Force in 1969 originally flying P47s during WWII. We were stationed at several bases during his career one of which was Eglin AFB, Florida, from 1956 to 1960. We heard these and others flying everyday.
Thank you for sharing that!
P47's. Very Cool and a Great Aircraft. Best Regards.
I was Stationed at Hahn AB West Germany in the very early 80's during Exercises German and Italian F104's would "Attack" the base quite impressive. Once I was on the roadway above St Goar on the Rhine when a Luftwaffe F104 flew about 50 feet above the river it was quite the show
Il massimo della spettacolarità nel vedere i decolli e atterraggi di questo meraviglioso Starfighter😢
Una gran fortuna per chi è giovane come me!!
Io li vedevo decollando di notte a Cameri durante il servizio militare VAM
C'era anche grumman! Comunque svegliarsi al rombo di questi motori alle 6.00 di mattina era una figataaa!
Decollo e atterraggio circa 3ke500 MT!!!
Chi se ne fregava dell'orario era uno spettacolo per gli occhi e per lo stomaco😂@@donatotabiadon1107
Pretty magnificent looking F-104G Starfighter and great footage 🤩😎
Thx man!!
@@theflyingboy2734 most and much welcome as it looks legendary 🤩
Nice to see an Italian F-104 come home to celebrate Italy's air force 100th anniversary. Gratze! Viva Spillone!
@@Thunder_6278 True! 🙂 apart from all the technical problems he had! Thank you for your comment!
what a beast of a plane!
A beautiful plane in any language !
When I lived in Italy in the 1970's the sound of F104s flying overhead was called " the screams of Italian taxpayers..."
Hahaaha that's correct!! 🤣
Simply the most nice fighter plane design.
meraviglioso....grazie
Grazie a te per averlo guardato!
What a beautiful plane
Sound is amazing
I seen two of them flying around Edwards AFB, California around the early 1980s. They were both painted white. They both belong to NASA. I loved that sound they made. Awesome.
About twenty years ago I lived under one of the flight paths of San Francisco International. One day I was in my driveway when I heard something unlike normal jet noise, so I looked up. F-104!
My absolute favorite jet fighter.
Che emozione l'ulularo della sua turbina, si riesce anche a distinguerla tra le sltre nel sorvolo in formazione, stupendo unico spillone
Si sovrasta pure il 35 e EFA 😍😍😍
I was stationed at Luke AFB in 1971 and there was a whole squadron of F-104s that were owned and flown by the Luftwaffe as they were training on the Gila Bend Gunnery Range now called the Barry M Goldwater bombing range. The main aircraft USAF pilots were being trained in at the time was the F-4 Phantom. I got to see plenty of both while stationed there.
So cool! Thank you for sharing this
I too saw plenty of F-4’s before they were phased out to make room for the F-15 and 16’s, all great aircraft 🐾✌️🇺🇸
NICE!!!
Bellissimo!
That howl... Perfection..
It’s the first time I see the leading edge protections installed. Amaising
That thing could get a speeding ticket just sitting on the ramp.
It was actually not that fast, or maneuverable, or range, or bomb load, or what could it good exceptionally, actually nothing.
Back in the early 80s while stationed in England, the German AF’s F-104s would circle over the airfield with that distinctive howl then land.
As a kid, we went to Ramey AFB in PR to watch B52s and 104s land. very exciting!!!
Che emozione rivederlo... peccato essere stati gli ultimi a dismetterlo e non averne nemmeno uno in condizioni di volo. Dovremmo avere piu' cultura in questo senso, come Paese. Abbiamo lasciato ai privati ed ex AM l'onere di riportare in volo anche un Fiat G91, ma se non altro, lo abbiamo fatto in casa. Peccato. Ma mi sono emozionato a risentire il sibilo del mitico Spillone! Grazie
D'accordissimo con te! E grazie a te per il bel commento..
Ha completamente ragione purtroppo in Italia si pensa solo alla conservazione dei beni architettonici ma non non abbiamo istituzionalmente la cultura della conservazione delle fantastiche macchine che abbiamo costruito nel tempo e non vale solo per gli aerei ma anche ad esempio per i treni, si salvano solo in parte le automobili ed è un vero peccato.
Conservare almeno i ricambi... hanno lasciato marcire tutto
we had these planes flying over our home all the time in northern Netherlands in the 1960's , the dutch air force had about 3 or 4 airfields where f-104's were stationed.
BRAVO PIERCARLO CIACCHI !
The F-104 may not have been able to maneuver worth a damn, but still a beautiful aircraft.
That engine smoke trail such a dirty beast.
The most beautiful plane ever built.
Che ricordi che suono Mi sto ancora chiedendo come fa ha volare con quelle ali striminzite . Ma che prestazioni aveva come velocità Max Incredibile
Kelly Johnson put a cockpit and a huge engine in the smallest fuselage he could come up with.. Result is the F104 (The Missile with a man in it) today it's still beast.
I used to see them flying over France and Germany when I lived there in the 60s and 70s. The Cold War jets were something else!!!
The F-104 was called the widow maker!
If you wanted to get one, it was easy. You bought a ten-acre field and waited a few months. One F-104 always fell into your field.
I saw an F104 fly over the beach I on in Florida. I knew right away what it was, I happened seen one fly since the 70's
Stunning catches mate ! 🤩💪
Thx man!! 🙌🙌
L'ulutato mi ricorda le estati degli anni 80, quando passavano sopra casa mia i G di Villafranca, con il loro inconfondibile suono e la loro imponente scia di fumo.
Che invidia! 😍
@@theflyingboy2734 Non abitavo vicino all'aeroporto, ma a circa 1 ora di distanza. Ma a cavallo tra gli 80 e 90, i voli a bassa quota erano frequentissimi, così come i bang sonici, se ne sentivano sempre un paio ogni settimana.
Sleek and chic 👍✈️
This plane had some problems. but it still looks like a work of art to me.
Hear hear...simply beautiful.
The flying coffin.
Ce n'è un esemplare buttato vicino casa. Con le ali o senza e' uguale. Quando passavano qui su il suono era inconfondibile. Piace a molti odiato da altri ma ha segnato un epoca.
I love this plane! It had two speeds: Fast and faster.
Grazie per il video: hai trovato il modo migliore per onorare il 'missile' dopo tanti anni di onorevole servizio!!! Me li ricordo da giovane quando passavano sulle Dolomiti alla mia altezza mentre ero sulle cime, grandi, grandi emozioni da ragazzino! (ma anche i G91) E grz a chi ha deciso in AM di non farlo morire e tenerlo in vita. (....e ho visto che non è il solo anziano in ottima forma!)
Grazie a te per il tuo commento 🙌
Ich liebe den Starfigther 💕
I remember that sound from my youth when the Dutch Airforce operated the F104's, until the F16's came in, with a whole different noise.. :-) and now, we have F35's...
Coolest jet fighter ever!
😎
Bel video. Per noi poveri appassionati presenti il sabato non ci resta che vedere i video dei presenti la domenica (e anche il venerdi'). Quanti ricordi di quando sfrecciavano anche sul cielo di Roma e poi l'addio a Pratica nel 2004
Immagino!! 😔 peccato davvero.. speriamo di rivederlo in giro per l'Italia prima che se ne riparta per gli Stati Uniti.. ma la vedo dura
Inconfondibile!
Bravo Enry 🤘
🤟😎🔥
Lockheed Skunk Works engineering, first flew in 1958. Still looks and sounds amazing among today's modern fighters.
The Taiwanese Air Force flew these in the mid-1960s. Awesome fighter! The leading edges of the wings were so sharp that red protectors were placed on them while parked.
Great Sound...😏😎
The missile with a man in it.
Ahahahah
Still more exciting to see these 50s/60s era jets than any of the new stuff.
superb
Thx man!
Awesome!
Thank youu!! 😎
I really like the F-104 Starlight
J79 engine sound is very attractive
The sound of the gain intake is also very charming
This looks like a G
But I see JET on the fuselage
Makes me suspect it's a Mitsubishi J
See its vertical tail
Again wondering if it
Super Starlight Twin Seat TF
It's a TF-104G
Starfighter,not starlight!
1967 Ghedi 36 corso VAM che spettacolo F104 in volo
il suono del motore, bitonale, unico, ci sono cresciuto a Torvajanica
I joined the Canadian Air Force too late to work on the CF-104 by about 5 years. A lot of guys at work did their time on them, and I got to hear some awesome stories. One guy was in Baden when a pilot accidentally punched his tip tanks, and after landing tried to fix the switches to cover it up, thus punching off the pylons on the taxiway...oops. There's a picture to prove it.
Il passaggio assieme agli altri aerei è spettacolare!!
Concordo! Anche se avrei preferito un solo display!
Such a tiny wing! Landing speed must've been Mach .5 ha ha. What a badass plane!
How does the 104 get enough lift from those tiny wings and where is the fuel stored?
Fuel is stored in the wings and in the additional tanks..
In uk England 🇬🇧 we called it the flying coffin
A missile with wheels incredible design!
Makes my arm hair stand! Goose bumps!
Back in the 70's I was an air cadet at cfb penhole Alta. 104 out of cold lake did a LOW altitude fly over at our nco graduation..wow! It literally sounded like a "tie" fighter from star wars!
seen and heard a modified Mirage iiic from SADF, do a vertical climb, in a few seconds, to out of sight!
Interesting that in the formation the F104 engine dominates.
Oh yeah 🤟🤟
Why does the single J79 howl on the f104 but the two J79 on the phantom don't????
If I recall correctly it has to do with the intakes design.
@@DigbyOdel-et3xx thanks!
It's the pilot screaming when he opens the throttle :)
It's all engine, fuselage is smaller than new planes because it doesn't have all the electronics
Finally! Without tanks! As nature intended it to be!!
Would have loved tobsee a knife edge approach or 90 degree banked turn just to show those tiny wings
Io sono di ghedi.
sesto stormo.
prima dei tornado.....
avevamo gli f104.
e che dire...
ero bambino....
mi ricordo ancora il suono che faceva.
questo fischio sibilante.......
sara' pure datato.
ma che bello era!!!!!!
l'aereo piu' figo di sempreeeee!!!!!!!!!!
davvero amico.
e' l'aereo piu' bello del mondo.
LUNGA VITA AL 104!!!!!
Wings on that plane look like as afterthought
Sound of my childdays
😍
Takes a lot of balls to fly a plane with stubs for wings!
How many F-104 are airworthy in 2023?
Couple in the US and one in Norway.. 😊
Tomorrow is yesterday brought me here
One of the most amazing sounds ever created by god or man.
I agree..
Nice, but the english lightening would of sack it. 🇬🇧💪💪
L'ululato del J79 é unico, da pelle d'oca.
I had an old, crappy Testor's model of the 104 and it simply did not do the aircraft justice. Perhaps it was the diminutive scale (or perhaps it's because Testor's took so many shortcuts) but the real aircraft is a badass.
Uno dei più bei caccia intercettori di sempre, insieme al AMX sono state colonne portanti nella AMI per molti anni. Purtroppo l'ho visto solo statico su un piedistallo in una base durante il mio breve servizio di mini naja nel 2011 in Puglia.
Rivederlo il volo è emozionante
Si e siamo stati fortunatissimi contando i vari guasti!