XF-104 "FG-787" 53-7787 flown by Lockheed pilot Herman "Fish" Salmon displays the simple hemispherical intakes

XF-104, construction number 083-1002, serial number 53-7787, built by Lockheed
first flight in March 1954; used as armament test bed; dead stick landing on December 17, 1954 by test pilot Tony LeVier
lost April 14, 1955 when test pilot Herman R. "Fish" Salmon ejected safely following gun malfunction during air-gunnery tests
at 50,000 feet the pressure suit inflated and he couldn't see anymore, written off.

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