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Lockheed F-104G ZELL Walkaround

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F-104G ZELL

      
F-104G Zero Length Launch  -  Luftwaffe DB+127

      
 
 
 
Aircraft History

      
1960
 
first flight as Lockheed c/n 683C-2002
 
 
Joint Test Force at Edwards AFB as DA+102
1962
 
modified for ZELL-program at Edwards AFB
 
 
into storage at Palmdale with 202 hrs
1965
July 28
shipped to Germany
1966
February 24 
to JaboG 32 at Lechfeld as DB+127
 
 
total of 7 ZELL-trials at Lechfeld AB before program cancelled due to changed NATO nuclear strategy
1968
 
re-modified by MTT at Manching, to ErpSt 61 as 20+02
1971
 
to JaboG 32
1981
August 6
into storage at LwSchleuse 11 with 2.245 hrs
1985
April 2
put on pole at LwUGrpKdoSüd Karlsruhe
1996
September 12
preserved at Luftwaffenmuseum Berlin-Gatow in ZELL launch configuration
 
 
 
 
 
source:  Hubert Peitzmeier 916 Starfighter
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