Starfighter quote:
"No, didn't fly the 104-wanted to.
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Thank you for your service in the Air Force.
I wanted to go Air Force, but that didn't work out.
As a TV news reporter, I did a story on Air Force Pilot Training. I went to class with a new group of student pilots...went through the Physiological Testing Unit, (altitude chamber P.R.I.C.E. check etc) The greatest part was I got a one-hour ride in a T-38 Talon and did 1.2 Mach. Then I got an invitation from the C.O. of the 331st Fighter Interceptor Squadron to take a flight in an F-104G. The plane had to go to California for an "I.R.A.N." and I was on a countdown to go into the Navy. The Starfighter returned a few days after I left for the Navy and so I missed it. What a thrill it would have been. If Lockheed had put titanium on the leading edges and on the intakes...the "missile with a man in it" could have gone even faster.

Best Regards
JC