How does a 7500 foot runway look from a Lockheed F-104 on final?
Video from the channel Piercarlo Ciacchi about Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 2:38. Language: English. Video type: Onboard.
View from the cockpit of an F-104 Starfighter during a low approach to a small airport with a 7,500-foot runway, which serves as an alternate airport for the aircraft based at the Kennedy Space Center.
The aircraft descends almost to touchdown, just a few feet above the runway, and then performs a "go around" to return to the Kennedy Space Center; the footage shows how a runway of that length looks at the F-104's approach speed.
The pilot, Piercarlo Ciacchi, flies with Starfighters from the Kennedy Space Center and presents the flight as part of a series of short pieces about the aircraft.
