F-104 ride video

Steve said:
doubt i'll ever get this high in the IAR...

http://www.f-104.de/multimedia/player_clearwater20031107_large.html
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Those guys really Really REALLY suck!!
I've always thought the Starfighter was the coolest looking
jet fighter with the coolest name.
I'd practically give my right arm for a ride in one!!!
....at Mach 2!!
I read that those people will give you a ride in a Starfighter
to the edge of space, 80,000 feet.....for a mere $30,000.
...a small price to pay for a ride in "The missile with a man in it".
Damn! I gotta win the lottery!
 
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OffCenter said:
I read that those people will give you a ride in a Starfighter to the edge of space, 80,000 feet.....for a mere $30,000.
...a small price to pay for a ride in "The missle with a man in it".
Damn! I gotta win the lottery!
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30 grand???

Yeah, it's a one-of-a-kind experience, but that still seems a little outrageous. If you have a PPL and current medical, you can actually fly a T-33 from the front seat at $2700/hr.

Collings Foundation will let you fly their TA-4J for about $7k/hr. Not sure what the F-4 runs, but it ain't 30K.
 
OffCenter said:
Those guys really Really REALLY suck!!
I've always thought the Starfighter was the coolest looking
jet fighter with the coolest name.
I'd practically give my right arm for a ride in one!!!
....at Mach 2!!
I read that those people will give you a ride in a Starfighter
to the edge of space, 80,000 feet.....for a mere $30,000.
...a small price to pay for a ride in "The missile with a man in it".
Damn! I gotta win the lottery!
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barely covers the fuel burn

at "military thrust" that works out to ~10,000lbs/hr, over twice that in A/B

http://www.incredible-adventures.com/starfighter/

http://www.space-travellers.com/index.php?wohin=starfighter&subon=6

http://www.starfighters.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_J79
 
Probably a dumb question, but is that a special VSI for climb to the left of the altimiter (does not appear to be working)?
 
I watched all the way to the end, just to see if they really did go "thud" when they landed
 
Tom-D said:
I watched all the way to the end, just to see if they really did go "thud" when they landed
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are you thinking of the -105 Thunderchief?

f105f-i.jpg
 
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