Following last week’s aerospace posts (Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space Museum, 1929 Ford Tri-Motor, Deutsches Museum, and Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum), I have a brief one for you today: This cool Lockheed F-104 Starfighter on a pedestal display in front of the Air National Guard unit at Glynco in Brunswick, Georgia.
Before the pedestal was constructed and the fence put up, the F-104 had been resting on the ground in the parking lot. My dad and I stopped one evening to look it over real good.
One thing stood out. Behind the cockpit, there was mason glass jar screwed into a receptical with a hose leading to equipment behind the pilot’s seat. I’ve looked at service manuals that are online, but I’ve not yet found what its purpose was.
While this guard unit never flew the F-104 and Glynco is a former Naval air base, it seems an odd choice of air craft. Nevertheless, it might be meant to represent the Air Force in general rather than the specific operational mission of this air guard unit.
