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( this is a repeat post ) - Lockheed XF-104-LO "Starfighter"
edited-(sn 53-7786) (c/n 083-1001)-Location is Edwards AFB-Lockheed Chief Test Pilot Anthony "Tony" LeVier in the XF-104-LO cocpit. Sent to me by Tony in the late 1950s. On July 11, 1957, Lockheed engineering test pilot William C. “Bill” Park, Jr. was flying the first XF-104 as chase for F-104A flight tests when the prototype developed uncontrollable tail flutter. Pilot Bill Park was forced to eject when the entire tail group was ripped from the airplane.
( this is a repeat post ) - Lockheed XF-104-LO "Starfighter"
edited-(sn 53-7786) (c/n 083-1001)-Location is Edwards AFB-Lockheed Chief Test Pilot Anthony "Tony" LeVier in the XF-104-LO cocpit. Sent to me by Tony in the late 1950s. On July 11, 1957, Lockheed engineering test pilot William C. “Bill” Park, Jr. was flying the first XF-104 as chase for F-104A flight tests when the prototype developed uncontrollable tail flutter. Pilot Bill Park was forced to eject when the entire tail group was ripped from the airplane.