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10 December 1963 - This Day in Aviation Without air flowing through the engine intakes because of the spin, Yeager could not restart the NF-104’s turbojet engine Without the engine running, he had no hydraulic pressure to power the aerodynamic flight control surfaces
NF-104A December 10, 1963 | The Center for Land Use Interpretation Col Charles E “Chuck” Yeager, famous for breaking the sound barrier 15 years earlier, was selected to set a new altitude record of 120,000 feet, with a modified Lockheed F-104 Starfighter On the second of two preparatory flights he lost control, and the plane fell into a flat spin at 65,000 feet
Lockheed NF-104A - Wikipedia The third NF-104A (USAF 56-0762) was delivered to the USAF on 1 November 1963, and was destroyed in a crash while being piloted by Chuck Yeager on 10 December 1963
NF-104 CRASH - CHUCKYEAGER. ORG The third NF-104A (USAF 56-0762) was delivered to the USAF on 1 November 1963, and was destroyed in a crash while being piloted by Chuck Yeager on 10 December 1963
The Right Stuff Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 incident General Yeager wrote the NF-104 part in The Right Stuff Tom Wolfe wasn’t quite getting it from their interview The production team asked General Yeager to re-enact his NF-104 flat spin scene He had choice words for them which ended in an emphatic “No! Anyone who tries will kill themselves ”
NF104 | Spin, Crash Rescue - Kalimera Chuck made another max zoom attempt in the afternoon of December 10, 1963, a disastrous day for the project and almost a deadly one for him In the morning he appeared to have the same difficulties he had on previous tries, falling back far below the altitude he needed for the record