RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Museum - Canadair CF-104D Starfighter
Bill Maloney
3/5/2010

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09 CF-104 Starfighter Tail 10 Canadair CF-104 Wing Tip Tank 11 Canadair CF-104 Jet Intake 12 CF-104 Canopy Jettison Instructions
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Canadair CF-104D Starfighter Specifications:

Lockheed and Canadair F-104 Starfighters at other Aviation Museums in the Northeast
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A Canadair CF-104 Starfighter at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada
  Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
  A Lockheed F-104 Starfighter at the Air Victory Museum in Lumberton, NJ

Length: 54 feet 9 inches
Wingspan:
21 feet, 11 inches
Height:
13 feet, 6 inches
Crew:
2
Weight:
Empty 13,300lbs Loaded - 23,500lbs
Max Speed: 1,320mph
Cruise Speed: 570 mph
Range: 850 miles with external tanks
Service Ceiling: 50,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 810 gallons internal, 760 externally
Powerplant: GE J79-GE-7 afterburning turbojet 10,000lbs thrust max
Armament:
  One 20mm M61 Vulcan Minigun
  Up to 2,000lbs of bombs/rockets on underwing and fuselage pylons
  Two Air to Air missiles on wingtip rails
First Flight : 1954
Cost: $

Here's a Youtube video of a CF-104 taxiing and doing a full power run up. One more CF-104 Youtube video of a Starfighter performing flybys at a Toronto Air Show

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