new york times article

[river1]

at my work we also print the new york times. this was in what was printed last nite.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/science/21speed.html?_r=1&ref=science

later jim

[jaybee]

That's very cool, I wish them a lot of luck.  They show a lot of resourcefulness.

Trivia point, the F104 was the plane that sparked the development of onboard computers that would prevent the pilot from putting the aircraft into certain "configurations" of speed, control surface orientation, throttle, etc.  That's due to the Starfighter's ability to get into a stable, unrecoverable stall.  Eventually that led to the modern concept of fighter design in which the craft is inherently UNstable and can ONLY be controlled by the computer.  Since the machine wants to spin out of control anyway you just let it rotate in the direction you want it to go and it'll rotate much faster that way.

[phat46]

Good, I hope they get the record back in the U.S. where it belongs!!!
(no offence to our brit friends of course, My Mum was born and raised in England)

[Harry]

F-104=Widowmaker.
These guys have been dreaming about running this car for years. It may win an award for running in the antique class.
If I'm not mistaken, they are not Americans, but Canucks.

[Uncle Bob]

If anyone is real interested in this project there is a ton of info and videos on their site; http://www.landspeed.com/

[jaybee]

F-104=Widowmaker.

http://www.starfighters.nl/
http://www.jetplanes.co.uk/f104.html
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=113

I think both were used (maybe depending on version)

Or maybe it became the Widowmaker once it got a reputation for being dangerous to fly.