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2,000 Crashes, 1 Jet: How the F-104 Starfighter Claimed Its Reputation for Death

Designed to break altitude and speed records, the F-104 pushed past Mach 2 but punished even the smallest pilot error. This part explores its unstable aerodynamics, fatal spin tendencies, and the ...
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1,400 MPH, 5,000 Crashes: The Deadly Reign of the F-104 Starfighter

Marketed as the “Missile with a Man in It,” the F-104 Starfighter became both a technological marvel and a catastrophe in the ...