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Originally Posted by Fast Freddy 944
He had a flame out. The f-104 is a earth bound aircraft, ya needs oxygen to keep the engine lit.
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off course he had a flame out, that's the normal way of flying the
NF104
you go up on the normal engine
then light the ROCKET to go into a zoom climb
The darn thing had the same kind of attitude control thrusters with hydrogen peroxide that the space capsules of mercury and gemini flights had.