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It’s always better to practice on a fake hand grenade than a live one.
(Words to live by...)
Interesting Article with a Cool Picture
The F-104 - not quite the right stuff.

It’s always better to practice on a fake hand grenade than a live one.
(Words to live by...)
Interesting Article with a Cool Picture
The F-104 - not quite the right stuff.

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Date: 2016-01-22 08:33 pm (UTC)“The Starfighter killed a lot more friendlies than enemies during its career.”
OUCH.
When I was a kid, I saw the F-104 for what it truly was: A proto-X-15. I cannot even imagine that air-breathing rocket plane tangling in some grubby dogfight; it would be like using an X-15 for close air support.
So the people who want to use it to launch satellites are on the beam, I'd say.