Thursday, March 30, 2006

Lockheed Starfighter

F-104 Starfighter

CF-104 at the entrance to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario. From the Museum's website:

"The Canadian built CF-104 Starfighter was one of the most successful jet fighter aircraft to serve with Canada's Air Force. A total of 340 fighters were built under license by the Canadian government. The CF-104 was designed as a light-weight nuclear strike aircraft. The aircraft were retired from service in 1986 after being used for over 25 years until they were was replaced by the CF-18.

The CF-104 in front of the museum, bearing serial number 101641, is the "D" model built by Lockheed of which there were 39 purchased for training."