CF-104D "N104" departing Williams Gateway Airport (KIWA) just outside Phoenix, Arizona

CF-104D, Lockheed model 583-04-15, Lockheed construction number 583A-5303, RCAF serial number 12633, Mk.1 (Dual Training Aircraft), built by Lockheed
taken on service March 23, 1962; it served the test squadron at Cold Lake for many years; withdrawn from use May 23, 1973
to Norway July 21, 1973 as "4633" with 1.110 flight hours, withdrawn from service December 9, 1982 as "633" with 2.486 flying hours
stored at Sola AB: used as an exchange object by the Defense Museum
 to USA on November 11, 1987 coded "N104JR", at Combat Jet & Aerospace Museum, Chino, California 1987; rebuilt at Chino, California
first flight November 11, 1987 at Mojave Field by NASA F-104 pilot Ed Schneider; owned by Combat Jets Flying Museum, Houston, Texas 1987-1992
on May 15, 1992 it was sold to the EAA, Experimental Aircraft Association, at Oskosh, Winsconsin and soon after it was grounded early 1993
after years of storage the aircraft was offered for sale in December 1995 and bought by Mark Sherman in April 1996
it was flown over that same month from Oskosh to Williams Apt by Tom Delashaw with Ben McAvoy as passenger
owned by Sherman coded N104 at Williams Gateway Airport (KIWA) just outside Phoenix, Arizona 1996 first noted; January 2005 noted
June 2014 noted; fore sale June 2015; June 2019 noted; 2021 last noted
in November 2022 the KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, BC, Canada has purchased CF-104D "N104" from Mark Sherman; transported to Canada in January 2023
arrival at KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, BC, Canada on June 2, 2023; display in KF Centre for Excellence's showroom; September 2024 noted.

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