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Starfighters are an English heavy metal band from the new wave of British heavy metal movement founded in Birmingham, England, in 1980. [1] They attracted a strong British cult following but were not able to translate this into any lasting success, producing just two full studio albums in the early 1980s.
During periods away from Hawkwind duties, Calvert worked on his solo career; his solo creative output included albums, stage plays, poetry, and a novel. His first solo album, Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters, was released in 1974. [3] The record is a concept album, an amalgam of music and theatre focused around the Lockheed bribery scandals.
"The Right Stuff" (extended version) – 8.07 "Ejection" (single version) – 3.47 "Catch A Falling Starfighter" (single version) – 3.00; Hawkwind has incorporated some of the songs in their live set through the years including "The Right Stuff", "Ejection", "The Widow Maker" and "The Song of the Gremlin" and they have also been recorded and included on several of their live albums and ...
The XF-104s were forerunners of over 2,500 production Lockheed F-104 Starfighters. During the Korean War, USAF fighter pilots were outclassed by MiG-equipped Soviet pilots. Lockheed engineers, led by Kelly Johnson , designed and submitted a novel design to the Air Force, notable for its sleekness, particularly its thin wings and missile-shaped ...
In 1984, a soundtrack album was released on LP by CD by Southern Cross Records. [1] The Southern Cross album includes two songs written for the movie by Safan and Mark Mueller. Two other songs written for the movie ("Satisfy The Night" from Karen Blake and Greg Prestopino and Clif Magness; "Red Eyes") remain unreleased.
Manufacturers have a team of technical engineers, writers and illustrators who compile information for these service manuals. Some companies create aftermarket repair manuals for the general public to purchase such as Clymer Haynes [1] and Triple M FZCO. [2] These manuals are also generally available as online auto repair manuals.
54251 – based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida [65] [66] 54258 – based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida [67] [68] 54261 – based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida [69] [70] On display YF-104A. 55-2961 (NASA N818NA) – hanging from the ceiling of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ...
Pakistani starfighters were ex-USAF Air Defence Command aircraft retro-fitted with the more powerful General Electric J-79-11A engines and, at the PAF's request, the 20 mm Vulcan gatling gun was re-installed after removal by the USAF. These F-104s had unusually high thrust to weight ratios due to the older but lighter airframe and more modern ...