File:NF-104.jpg
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English: NF-104, modification of F-104 Starfighter with rocket engine, 1960-s In order to acquaint Aerospace Research Pilot School (now the Air Force Test Pilot School) students with some of the techniques of space flight, three F-104s were fitted with 6,000-pound thrust rocket motors and with reaction controls for use beyond the atmosphere.NF-104 could be zoom-climbed well above 100,000 feet, where the pilots would experience up to 90 seconds of weightlessness and then be confronted with the problem of reentry. |
| Source | http://www.edwards.af.mil/gallery/yeager/docs_html/nf-104.html |
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| current | 11:11, 23 November 2005 | | 1,349 × 1,800 (121 KB) | wikimediacommons>Kurgus | NF-104, modification of F-104 Starfighter with rocket engine, 1960-s<br> In order to acquaint Aerospace Research Pilot School School (now the Air ForceTest Pilot School) students with some of the techniques of space flight, three F-104s were fitted with 6 |
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