Lockheed F-104 Starfighter – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:56:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png Lockheed F-104 Starfighter – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Norwegian Starfighter flies again ! https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/10/01/norwegian-starfighter-flies-again/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/10/01/norwegian-starfighter-flies-again/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2016 08:25:42 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=3117

Continue reading]]> The Friends of the Norwegian Starfighter's CF-104D in 2012 during a taxi demonstration in Bodo, Norway (Photo Rob Schleiffert (CC BY-NC 2.0))

The Friends of the Norwegian Starfighter’s CF-104D in 2012 during a taxi demonstration in Bodø, Norway (Photo
Rob Schleiffert (CC BY-NC 2.0))

The Friends of the Norwegian Starfighter’s ex-Norwegian AF, Canadian-built CF-104D Starfighter flew again for the first time in 33 years on September 28 in Bodø, Norway. The restoration of the aircraft began in 2003, culminating with this week’s first flight with Eskil Amdal at the controls.

You can enjoy the unique “howl” made by the Starfighter in these videos of the flight.

 

F-104 Starfighter 637 first flight ENBO / Bodø
F-104 Starfighter 637 first flight ENBO / Bodø
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]]> https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/10/01/norwegian-starfighter-flies-again/feed/ 2 Skip Hit – Low level flying in West Germany https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/12/29/skip-hit-low-level-flying-in-west-germany/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/12/29/skip-hit-low-level-flying-in-west-germany/#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:50:04 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=1086 Another interesting read from Vintage Wings of Canada: how a Canadian F-104 pilot in Europe found himself flying at 900 ft per seconds less than 100 ft above a German transport base. Read it on the VWC website.

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Photo by TMWolf (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Florida-based Stafighters Inc. will be receiving five more Starfighters, which have been purchased from the italian AF and should arrive next month. This will bring the fleet to a total of 9 aircraft. The new F-104s are more recent than the ones already being used by Starfighters but importing them and making them ready for operations will still cost up to $1 million per airframe. Source

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