by Keith N.
Hello! I came to work at Lockheed in
September 1965 at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, where the German Air Force was
trained to fly the F-104G (click here to watch a video). The program was scheduled for
four years, but lasted 18. I was a crew chief for most of those years. The two-seat
version of the aircraft, the TF-104G, was stationed at Luke, and I had the
opportunity to fly the back seat on a Mach 2 supersonic test hop on September
6, 1968!
After the closing of the program in 1983,
I went to work for the United States Government for over two years. I came back
to work at Lockheed in Ontario, California, for another 16 years, as a quality
engineer. I retired in 1999.
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| Here's my flight certificate to show my honorary membership! |
