Your Next Project Should be a Jet

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 04/03/2019 at 16:45 • Filed to: Project Cars, Project Car, Project Car Hell, Project, Project Plane, Project Fighter, Planelopnik, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Lockheed, F-104 Starfighter, Starfighter, Century Series

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Trade-A-Plane, the ultimate place for burning money, has a search filter for projects. Such a search leads to this Dutch T F-104G Starfighter Trainer for a low, low price of $325,000.

“The aircraft is nearly 100% complete and in stock military condition”

You will have the ultimate bragging rights at every fly-in pancake breakfast in this baby.

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For Sweden > For Sweden 04/03/2019 at 16:47

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I am not sure this engine swap will work

TheRealBicycleBuck > For Sweden 04/03/2019 at 16:55

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Pilots make jokes about getting a $100 hamburger, the price reflecting the cost of flying to the burger joint at the remote airport.

This would make that $100 burger into a $1,000 burger.

user314 > For Sweden 04/03/2019 at 16:59

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It’d be easier to mod the jet:

For Sweden > user314 04/03/2019 at 17:00

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Why would you make an airplane worse?

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 04/03/2019 at 17:01

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If I had the money, I would buy it and then  just park it in my front yard, sit inside, and make jet fighter noises.

For Sweden > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/03/2019 at 17:01

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A tasty $1000 hamburger

user314 > For Sweden 04/03/2019 at 17:02

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I hope somebody that can see it through to being made flyable buys it. If not, someone who can at least give it a good home in a museum. I’d hate to see it parted out, though it would keep the Starfighters Inc or Red Bull 104s flying. 

user314 > For Sweden 04/03/2019 at 17:12

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It’s probably easier than making it flyable? 

For Sweden > user314 04/03/2019 at 17:14

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Easier != better

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > For Sweden 04/03/2019 at 17:52

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but for way cheaper monies i can get a bd-5j and die

For Sweden > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/03/2019 at 18:07

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If its not supersonic you should just walk

RacinBob > For Sweden 04/03/2019 at 19:34

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Ah the ol’ widowmaker. The Germans said to fly a F-104 requires hands like a concert pianist....

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > For Sweden 04/03/2019 at 19:51

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/me dives for deck yelling 'geoffrey dehavilland!'

user314 > RacinBob 04/04/2019 at 09:34

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“If you want a West German Starfighter just by a plot of land and wait.”

Hamtractor > For Sweden 04/04/2019 at 10:11

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I just bookmarked that site.  I could spend days there...

McMike > For Sweden 04/06/2019 at 08:50

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The trainers have to be cheaper, right? like the Elan 2+2 , Ferrari 308 Gt4, and E-Type 2+2s.