Tales From The Cockpit: Formation Aerobatics With The F-104 Starfighter
Tales From The Cockpit: Formation Aerobatics With The F-104 Starfighter Tales From The Cockpit: Formation Aerobatics With The F-104 Starfighter The thrills of formation aerobatics in the legendary F-104 Starfighter. Here I am, in the cockpit of an F-104G of the 28° Gruppo (Squadron) belonging to the 3° Stormo (Wing), of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) working my butt off to maintain position while “il Nonno” [Italian for “The Grandpa”, the pilot’s nickname] is sewing the sky above Villafranca Air Base with a series of aerobatic maneuvers that the Frecce Tricolori (the...
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