Vintage Aviation News

The F-104 Starfighter in U.S. Navy Markings

November 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Both the USAF and the US NAVY throughout the years have tested different types of aircraft that we not originally developed for their branch. The “NAVY F-104” is surely one of those very interesting trials. […]

F-104G “Silver Bird” Restoration Project Near Completion

October 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The restoration project called ” Silver Bird ” is near completion. The aircraft was a gate guardian at the old Memmingen Air Base until 2011, the new plans have this aircraft to be erected near the […]

Howard “Scrappy” Johnson,The Fighter Pilot

September 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 10

During my research for a book about the pilots who flew F-104 Starfighter I had the privilege to meet Howard C. “Scrappy” Johnson in his house in South Florida. After the visit we became “email-friends” […]

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Announcing the F-104 Starfighter Association

September 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 8

A new warbird enthusiast group is forming up, the F-104 Starfighter Association. The F-104 Starfighter Association is dedicated to preserving more of the history of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, the Canadair CF-104 Starfighter and all […]

F-104 Starfighter Veterans on the Ongena Touch-Roll-Touch Maneuver

August 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 19

You’ve probably seen this video before, Legendary Belgian Air Force Silvers Aerobatic Team member, William “Bill” Ongena performing a touch-roll-touch in a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, a plane that was infamously difficult to control at lower […]

Air vs. Land: The Long History of Races Between Aircraft and Sports Vehicles

July 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

This article was inspired by a recent stunt organized by FortyOneSix.com ahead of this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, where a Range Rover Sport on the occasion of its unveiling went head-to-head against a Spitfire […]

Lockheed Skunk Works Celebrates its 70th Anniversary

June 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Lockheed Martin‘s count, this year marks the 70th anniversary of its secretive yet famous Skunk Works division, though some credibly argue that its genesis began with the 1938 development of the XP-38 that led […]

Starfighter Lands At Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor

May 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Lockheed F-104A Starfighter, Serial No. 56-817, arrived at Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii last Thursday, joining the Museum’s impressive and ever-expanding collection of warbird aircraft. The Starfighter, which is on long-term loan from […]

Yanks Air Museum Takes Delivery of F-104 Starfighter

May 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Planes often have to be shipped from the other side of the earth to join a collection. Imagine how exciting it must have been for the Yanks Air Museum of Chino, California to locate an […]

Warhawk Air Museum Takes Delivery of F-104 Starfighter

April 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The latest acquisition of the Warhawk Air Museum was delivered to the museum’s facility at Nampa Municipal Airport in Nampa, Idaho yesterday, a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. The world’s first combat aircraft capable of sustained Mach […]

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