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Black Friday at Skillbox — https://l.skbx.pro/UU43ZA. Discounts up to 60% erid:LjN8KbKVt Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a supersonic fighter jet created by Lockheed in the mid-1950s. The world's first production aircraft capable of breaking the Mach 2 barrier. The F-104 was created based on the experience of the Korean War of the 1950s according to the ultimate concept of achieving maximum speeds and flight altitudes. To please these parameters, the design and all solutions of the aircraft were optimized, which made it a record holder. The F-104 became popular in the export market, with most fighters being produced under license outside the United States. However, the achievements in speed and altitude characteristics cost the Starfighter a significant deterioration in others, which caused operational difficulties, numerous accidents and disasters. Thanks for watching! Subscribe to the channel, comment, like! Skyships Boosty: https://boosty.to/skyships Our VK group: https://vk.com/public123681709 Channel on Yandex Zen: https://dzen.ru/id/6229f21fb2ff024222... 00:00 – Starfighter 00:36 – Lessons from Korea 01:29 – Radical Solutions 02:23 – Skillbox 04:07 – Air Force Tender 04:49 – XF-104 Design 07:03 – Flight Tests 08:17 – Serial F-104 09:50 – Records and Service in NASA 11:29 – The Price of Success 15:00 – Trip to Europe 16:12 – Flying Coffin 17:46 – Mr. Contradiction