This is a F 104A Starfighter Simulator Cockpit. This is a very rare and hard to find item. It is.
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| Condition: | Used |
| This is a
F-104A Starfighter Simulator / Cockpit. This is a very rare and hard to find
item. It is marked as FL Simulator 783459-9 inside the front cover. I have no
idea what these numbers mean but i’m sure someone out there does. It’s a great
item to restore to a cockpit or to make it into a modern day simulator. Comes with the nose its 9’ long and not currently
attached to the cockpit do to storage
reasons. The nose has a tag attached inside that has F-104A + some other information. Come with new windscreen glass that needs to
be installed. The top glass has 2 cracks in it but it up above where your head
would be. Comes with an ejection seat
and survival kit but I don’t think this is an F-104 seat i think its an F-4
seat but I’m including it anyhow. Stick
is there and moves as it should but no stick grip. Comes with pedals but they
need installed. Power control is there but leaver is missing. There are also some trim pieces but I’m not
sure where they go. See pictures for any
more info. Cockpit is located about 45min north of Harrisburg , PA its 8’ long,
4’ wide and 6’ height with out the nose. Nose adds another 9’ in length. And its heavy I’m guessing 3,000lbs??? But it’s
on wheels so it movers around easily. SORRY WE CAN"T DONATE THIS TO YOUR MUSEUM ETC! History of the F-104 The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a single-engine, supersonic interceptor aircraft originally developed by Lockheed for the United States Air Force (USAF). One of the Century Series of aircraft, it was operated by the air forces of more than a dozen nations from 1958 to 2004. Its design team was led by the same man who later went on to design the SR-71 Blackbird, Kelly Johnson[2] The F-104 served with the USAF from 1958 until 1969, and continued with Air National Guard units until 1975. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) flew a small mixed fleet of F-104 types in supersonic flight tests and spaceflight programs until 1994.[3] USAF F-104Cs saw service during the Vietnam War, and F-104A aircraft were deployed by Pakistan briefly during the Indo-Pakistani wars. Republic of China Air Force (Taiwan) F-104s also engaged the People"s Liberation Army Air Force (China) over the disputed island of Quemoy. The operational service of the Starfighter ended with its retirement by the Italian Air Force in May 2004. A total of 2,578 Starfighters were produced, mostly by NATO members.[4] A set of modifications produced the F-104G model, which won a NATO competition for a new fighter-bomber. Several two-seat trainer versions were also produced, the most numerous being the TF-104G. The ultimate production version of the fighter model was the F-104S, an all-weather interceptor designed by Aeritalia for the Italian Air Force, which was equipped with radar-guided AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. An advanced F-104 with a high-mounted wing, known as the CL-1200 Lancer, did not proceed past the mock-up stage. The poor safety record of the Starfighter brought the aircraft into the public eye, especially in German Air Force service. Fighter ace Erich Hartmann famously was retired from the Luftwaffe because of his protests against having to deploy the unsafe F-104s. The F-104 was also at the center of the Lockheed bribery scandals, in which Lockheed had given bribes to a considerable number of political and military figures in various nations in order to influence their judgment and secure several purchase contracts; this caused considerable political controversy in Europe and Japan |