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Publisher/Brand AirDoc
Author Patrick Martin
Format a4
No. Pages 152
Version Soft cover
Language English
Category Books on aviation
Subcategory Canada
Availability only 3 remaining
This product was added to our database on Tuesday 3 November 2015.
Your reliable Aviation Book Source since 1989
Sized A4, sofcover, perfect bound, 152 pages, colour profiles, more than 350 hitherto unpublished photographs
Author Pat Martin from Canada wrote a fantastic book about the Starfighter in Canadian service. Lots of great images, especially from the early years of CF-104 service and a plethora of background information make this book a must have for the enthusiast interested in NATO air forces in Europe.
From the content:
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Readers Notes
Abbreviation List
Phraseology
Living in a MAD World
Lockheed
DEVELOPMENT
XF-104
YF-104
Production for the USAF
THE CANADIAN REQUIREMENT
The European Case
The Canadian Case
F-104G
Germany Selects
Canada Selects
The Rest of the Club
European Production
Production at Lockheed
CF-104D – TF-104G
F-104A 770
CANADAIR PRODUCTION
CF-104 Production
Canadair F-104G Production
Nuclear Troubles on Parliament Hill
COLD LAKE
Into RCAF Service
The Formative Years
Getting Through the Sixties
The Conventional Role
Winding Down in Canada
EUROPE – 1 AIR DIVISION
Sabres, Clunks and Rho Delta
The Big Question
Events and Exercises
Four Wings
Three Wings
Exit France
Three Wings in Germany
Two Wings
The End of 1 Air Division
EUROPE – 1 CAG
The Conventional Role
Going Green
Winding Down in Europe
The Last Starfighter
And in the End
FINISH & MARKINGS
RCAF
CAF Era Markings
Symmetrical Era Markings
Specials
WEAPONS
Nuclear Weapons
Conventional Weapons
APPENDICES
Bases and Wings
CF-104 Units
Individual Aircraft Histories
Canadair F-104G Production
Canadian Starfighter Colour Profiles
The CF-104 Flat Spin Mode