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This section containes essays, stories and memories related to the Starfighter and flying in general. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this special section.
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The "Cactus Starfighter Squadron" select CSS Story (English version), by Lt.Col. GAF (ret.) Horst Wilhelms
Die "Cactus Starfighter Staffel" select: CSS Story(German version), von Oberstleutnant a.D. Horst Wilhelms
Die F104-Story select: F104 Story (German only)
The F-104 in SEA by Tom "SHARKBAIT" Delashaw, former pilot of the "Starfighters" (see link-page)
Pilots Heaven (poem by Gene West)
A fighterpilots "Dinner speech" (by CDR "Beef" Wellington, former USN VFA-203 "Blue Dolphins" C.O.)
Ruminations on the F-104 by Walt BJ, Zipper pilot 319 FIS at Homestead AFB 1967, retired (not by choice)
Mach II in the Zipper over Arizona (by Ike Sweesy, IP 1979-1982 Luke AFB 69 TFTS)
"ARIZONA Life Style" from the book: Those wonderful men in the Cactus Starfighter Squadron
Starfighter Down (Ejection from a YF-104 Starfighter)
The Joy of High Tech (by Rodford Edmiston) http://www.dcr.net/~stickmak/JOHT/joht12f-104.htm
80,000 ft. SKY HIGH: My climb to the top in the F-104 (by George J. Marrett)
Bad Ass Airplane (F-104 systems and procedures by a one time driver!)
MEMORIES OF A FIGHTER, Cold War Alert Memories of a AMI fighter pilot (by David Cenciotti)
US-German heritage 63rd Fighter Squadron 56 Fighter Wing at Luke AFB takes over partnership 2000
From A to G by Mike Vivian, former USAF F-104 pilot, Luke IP and Luftwaffe Exchange pilot
Zipping at FL 730 - Flying the "hottest" 104 by Walt BJ, retired F-86, F102, F-104 and F-4 pilot
F-104 Hydraulic System Failure Night Low-Level Tac Check Flight over Germany, by Ike Sweesy
Hard Light and Lightning Fast - The F-104 Starfighter's Afterburner
A tribute to Ben McAvoy, Mr. Starfighter who passed away on 14. May 2004
End of an era: Last of the Dutch Starfighters 1984
Nozzle Failure at 70.000 feet by Jim Flemming, first RAAF pilot to fly the F-104 and to get to Mach 2
100 missions over North VietNam in the F-104C by Harold Alston, first to complete with the F-104
Test Pilot Bill Weaver: Mach 3.18 Break Up of an SR-71 Black Bird
High altitude flying with F-104 The magazine Flynytt of the Norwegian Aero Club
Everyday life at 331 squadron in 1970 The magazine Flynytt of the Norwegian Aero Club
Interception by radar The magazine Flynytt of the Norwegian Aero Club
Darker Shades of Blue: A Case Study of Failed Leadership, Major Tony Kern, US Air Force. 1995
NASA F-104 legacy spans five decades, by Roy Bryant, NASA Project Manager
The Wrong Way Ejection Seat by Norvin "Bud" Evans, USAF F-104 test pilot
A hair-raising F-104 flying story! by Warren Hunt F-104 pilot with the 83rd FIS at Hamilton
"Fire Warning" by Norvin "Bud" Evans, USAF F-104 test pilot
"Chase flights" by Norvin "Bud" Evans, USAF F-104 test pilot
90 Second Climb - Zipper over Floridaby Walt BJ, Zipper pilot 319 FIS at Homestead AFB 1967
Boom - lost hatch on take off by Max Jesperson, USAF F-104 pilot
The Starfighter Crisis "My Logbook", by Günther Rall Reminiscences 1938-2006, Extract
A Letter from Norm Lockard by Capt Norman Lockard, rescued in Laos
updated:Febuary 5, 2010