[R-390] G-8 Summit Security...

[Albert Solway]

To All Interested,

I was in the RCAF from 1955 to 1965 as an A/C Instrument Tech for the
first 4 years and a Ground Radar Tech for the last 6 yrs. Never worked
on a CF-104 but talked to many that did. They were at times referred to
as widow makers by ground  crew. This site and many like it tell the
CF-104 history in the RCAF.

http://members.home.nl/noor.luijkx/history/f104_27.html

An interesting statement mentions that " about 110 CF-104/CF-104Ds were
lost in accidents, out of 239 delivered--loss rate of no less than 46
percent. However it is only fair to point out that the Canadian CF-104s
probably had the highest flying time of any country operating the
Starfighter. At the time of retirement, average airframe times were of
the order of 6000 hours as compared to 2000 hours for the Luftwaffe."



The above sure makes for some validity for the widow maker handle.

Al VE2TAS


"Michael P. Olbrisch" wrote:

> Hmmmm... my buddy Reiner (obviously a German) who served
> many years in the German Air Force.  And many times he has
> referred to them as Widow Makers.  Dunno, no experience
> myself.
>
> Mike.
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