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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, aptly called "the missile
with the man in it" by the awe-struck aviation community
of its day.
Designed by the immortal Clarence Kelly Johnson and built
by Lockheed at their mysterious Skunk Works facility in
California, it was designed to be a hunter and fighter from the
outset - the shape and form of a swift killer, a gunfighter of
the modern day and age. Patrolling the skies over the Western
United States, the very countryside that its 'predecessors' rode
across on horseback, its task was to track down and intercept
intruding high speed enemy aircraft.
The original oil painting of this piece is currently available.
- Original painting |
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