U.S. Navy Lockheed T2V-1 Seastar parked next to a U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-104B-1-LO Starfighter
Lockheed YF-12 🇺🇸 It was an interceptor aircraft prototype developed by American company Lockheed for the U.S. Air Force. The YF-12A tests achieved new speed and altitude markings and demonstrated promising results with its weapon system. Six AIM-47 missiles were launched, the last from a YF-12 to Mach 3.2 at an altitude of 22,677 meters to a target, an unmanned B-47 152 meters from the ground. In 1965, the Air Force ordered a 93 F-12B, but it was cancelled. 4 prototypes were manufactured.
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Lockheed F-94 Starfire
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Taken at RAF Lossiemouth 22 July, 1961.
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Lockheed XF-90
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Lockheed F-94A
The accident rate of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter:
Belgium: 41 out of 113 aircraft lost (42% loss rate)
Canada: 110 out of 238 aircraft lost (46% loss rate)
Germany: 292 out of 916 aircraft lost (32% loss rate), claiming the lives of 115 pilots.
Italy: 137 out of 360 aircraft lost (38% loss rate)
United States: 26.7 accidents per 100,000 flights, the highest rate among the century (F-10X) series.
For a horrible instant Carter thought the jet was going to crash in the street. - A Lockheed F-94 Starfire causes havoc on a city street. Artist Peter Helck, illustration for Saturday Evening Post, 1955.
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