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English: NF-104, modification of F-104 Starfighter with rocket engine, 1960-s In order to acquaint Aerospace Research Pilot School (now the Air Force Test Pilot School) students with some of the techniques of space flight, three F-104s were fitted with 6,000-pound thrust rocket motors and with reaction controls for use beyond the atmosphere.NF-104 could be zoom-climbed well above 100,000 feet, where the pilots would experience up to 90 seconds of weightlessness and then be confronted with the problem of reentry.
Source http://www.edwards.af.mil/gallery/yeager/docs_html/nf-104.html
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