General Charles "Chuck" Yaeger is instructing actor Sam Shepard for the movie "The Right Stuff", as director Phillip Kauffman looks on Two Starfighter were used for "The Right Stuff". To make them interchangeable, the last two tail numbers were painted out, so only 132 was picked up by the camera. The pilots were Lt Col Robert Patterson (USAF) and Oberstleutnant Heinrich Thueringer (GAF) Two F-104G's from the 69th TFTS at Luke AFB were 63-13243 and 63-13269. copyright © Tom Rhone via Peitzmeier archive Read the story about the flights for the movie
http://www.f104g.de/piloten/thueringer_heinrich/thueringer_right-stuff.htm
