Scott Libis - Lockheed NF-104A Aerospace Trainer
Ginter Books | 1999 | ISBN: 0942612973 | English | 48 pages | PDF | 14.75 MB
Air Force Legends Number 204
Ginter Books | 1999 | ISBN: 0942612973 | English | 48 pages | PDF | 14.75 MB
Air Force Legends Number 204
Lockheed NF-104A was an American mixed power, high-performance, supersonic aerospace trainer that served as a low cost astronaut training vehicle for the X-15 and projected X-20 Dyna-Soar programs. Three aircraft were modified from existing Lockheed F-104A airframes and served with the Aerospace Research Pilots School between 1963 and 1971, the modifications included a small supplementary rocket engine and a reaction control system for flight in the upper atmosphere.