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Cienega32:
Not wanting to muddy up the 'Last flight' thread from wxtech, I'll post here a few F105 pics unrelated from that particular aircraft I have from different places. Also, for those who like air frame info: https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeIndex.php?Designer=Republic,FamilySN=51

I grew up (YoB 1953) on Long Island NY, a few miles south of Grummans in Hicksville/Bethpage & more miles than that west of Republic Fairchild in Farmingdale. Flights in & out of Grummans (E-2 Hawkeyes were common) was a normal thing in the 60s for us to see. I learned how to glaze window panes because of a few of them (BOOM!). It was great & later, in the late 70s I was working across from Grummans & heard & watched a lot of the F14s including a proof demo that they were not a danger in the area. Pilots kicked them in & went straight up. I had one of the observers stopped into our shop & was explaining it to us. It was a wild story. I have to admit, the Tomcat was (is) one of my favorites and it rivaled the F4 Phantom II for me.

The other thread about the Last Flight of the Thunderchief had me thinking back to the Air/Space Museums I've gone to so I dug a few pics up for fans of "The Thud"

 National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio:
F-105D - 60-0504
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Not a very good shot but...
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 USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama. This airframe is a YF-105B
F-105B - 54-0102
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 Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, Texas
F-105D - 62-4346
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Specs (at Frontiers of Flight):
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DaleReid:
Thank you for this.  I love aircraft and the late 40s through the 70s was the heyday of development and testing.

My absolute favorite plane is the F104, and I've seen one or two fly at EAA Oshkosh.  Very strange sound out of the engines sometimes.  Sort of a howl

I still don't see how the Thud flew, and with the small vertical stabilizer, how it had stability. 

Thanks for the personal history with these and the photos.  I'm glad they all didn't end up being shmushed and cut up.

DaleReid:
Many of these on the airframe listing were in VietNam or other parts of the world.
Did they load them on an aircraft carrier and float them over, or was there some way they could be ferried overseas?  Many of these had pretty short range of flight, comparatively, with air to air refueling a challenge in the middle of the Pacific.

CW2274:

--- Quote from: DaleReid on February 04, 2024, 08:50:22 AM ---My absolute favorite plane is the F104, and I've seen one or two fly at EAA Oshkosh. 

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=D> Out of all the countless airshows I've attended/worked, there's only a handful of aircraft I've not seen perform, and the Starfighter is one. :-( Maybe one day.

Vasco:

--- Quote from: CW2274 on February 04, 2024, 04:34:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: DaleReid on February 04, 2024, 08:50:22 AM ---My absolute favorite plane is the F104, and I've seen one or two fly at EAA Oshkosh. 

--- End quote ---
=D> Out of all the countless airshows I've attended/worked, there's only a handful of aircraft I've not seen perform, and the Starfighter is one. :( Maybe one day.

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Ah, the Widowmaker. . .  :(

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