Canadian Starfighters: The CF-104 and CF-104D in Canadian Service 1961 - 1986  9783935687980

Canadian Starfighters: The CF-104 and CF-104D in Canadian Service 1961 - 1986

Product code 9783935687980

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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

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Sized A4, sofcover, perfect bound, 152 pages, colour profiles, more than 350 hitherto unpublished photographs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



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