Gord McNulty submitted the following photo and note: “A CF-104D Starfighter is once again standing proudly as the ‘gate guardian’ of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Hamilton, Ontario. The dual-seat Starfighter was remounted in November after extensive refurbishing at the museum. It originally arrived at the CWHM in 1995 on long-term loan from the Department of National Defence. In 2008, ownership was transferred to the CWHM.”
Canadair, based in Montreal, built the CF-104 under license from Lockheed Aircraft Corporation to replace the Sabre 6s flown by Royal Canadian Air Force units with NATO forces in Europe. The first 200 were single-seat strike-reconnaissance versions, together with 16 two-seat D models.
The markings on the museum’s impressive static aircraft are the same as when the Starfighter entered service with the RCAF in 1962, Gord adds.
Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form.
All photos sent in for Picture of the Day are also considered for our new Page 4 photo feature in the print issue of General Aviation News, as well as A Year in Pictures in the December issues.
Beautiful aircraft and what a wonderful and fantastic museum! I have visited twice and looking forward to going again. Well worth the trip to Hamilton!