On 27 Apr 2004 06:02:52 -0700, (Michael) wrote:

....snippage...

Did you know that the F-104 Starfighter not only would not recover
from a spin, but would not recover from a stall either? A stall would
immediately lead to a departure from controlled flight, generally
unrecoverable. Yet it had quite a career.

I thought I'd read that it would recover, but needed around 15,000 ft
to do so and that there was a placard on the panel saying to punch out
if you spun it below 15,000.


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