F-104 STARFIGHTER/56-0756
Serial #: 56-0756
Construction #: 183-1044
Civil Registration:
None
Construction #: 183-1044
Civil Registration:
None
Model(s):
F-104A-10-LO Starfighter
NF-104A Starfighter
Name: None
Status: Composite
Last info: 2021
F-104A-10-LO Starfighter
NF-104A Starfighter
Name: None
Status: Composite
Last info: 2021
History:
Delivered to United States Air Force as 56-0756.
Delivered to United States Air Force as 56-0756.
- Transferred to MASDC.
- Converted to NF-104A and returned to service,1963.
- Transferred to Edwards AFB.
- Suffered rocket oxidizer explosion blowing off portion of tail, Jun 18, 1965.
- Pilot landed safely.
- Aircraft repaired to airworthy.
- Suffered second explosion when the rocket motot blew apart, damaging the rudder, while in flight, Jun 15, 1971.
- Portions of it used to create the composite 56-760, which is displayed on a pole at Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA.
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