F-104 StarfighterInvestigators pore over the site of the nose-first, high-impact JF-104A crash that left this large crater in the desert near...F-104A (56-0734) parked on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, Calif.JF-104A (56-0749) with ventrally-mounted Air Launched Sounding Rocket (ALSOR). NASA test pilot Milton O. Thompson ejected from this aircraft on...Another view of F-104A (56-0734) on Rogers Dry Lake. The small, thin wings of the aircraft are apparent.F-104N #812 takeoff.F-104A #734 on lakebed.All three NASA F-104N's flying in formation. Originally assigned the aircraft numbers 011, 012, and 013, they would later be...A NASA F-104 in flight over the desert during 1990. The aircraft had an experiment fixture under the fuselage, and...JF-104A (formerly YF-104A, serial # 55-2961) was modified with a hydrogen peroxide reaction control system (RCS). Following a zoom climb...An F-104 in formation flight with a T-38 chase aircraft. The photo was taken from another F-104. Its wingtip tank...F-104G (N826NA) in flight.An F-104 in a turn over Rogers Dry Lake. The landing gear and the wing leading and trailing edges flaps...YF-104A (55-2961) with ventrally-mounted test fixture.F-104G (N826NA) in flight over the Mojave Desert in January 1988. This aircraft was the last of eleven F-104s delivered...Research pilots do not only fly aircraft and spacecraft. In this 1992 photo, NASA's Steve Ishmael is seated on an...F-104A (56-0734) parked on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, CA.NASA research pilot Edward T. Scheider is shown standing in the cockpit of a two-seat F-104.Two F-104Ns in flight over the desert in 1970. NASA accepted three specially built F-104s in late 1963 for use...F-104G N826NA during a 1993 flight over the Mojave desert, outfitted with an experiment pylon under the center fuselage and...The only time the five ship fleet of F-104 Starfighters was ever airborne at the same time. Pilots were: F-104N...F-15 #281 and F-104 #826 fly in formation during Space Shuttle tile testing. Note the tiles mounted on the right...Flight test engineers Bob Meyer and Marta Bohn-Meyer had the distinction of being the only married couple to both serve...F-104A #820 in flight 8/23/71 NASA DFRC EC71-2811F-104A #818 flown by Einar Enevoldson and F-104A #820 flown by Gary Krier in formation over the Mojave Desert. 4/11/75...F-104A #818 flown by Einar Enevoldson. 4/11/75 NASA DFRC EC76-5079 NASA Photo by Bob RhineTF-104G #824 flies chase on NB-52B durng a DAST ARW-1 captive flight. 9/14/79F-104B #819 flies chase on the NB-52B #008 during the first DAST captive flight.JF-104A (Serial #56-0749) on the ramp at the NASA Flight Research Center (now the Dryden Flight Research Center) at Edwards...YF-104A (Serial # 55-2961) on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB.YF-104A (Serial #55-2961) on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB.NASA research pilot Milt Thompson poses in front of an F-104 similar to the one from which he ejected on...