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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:CF-104G Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:850 RNoAF
    Construction Number:1150
    Last Civil Registration:N104RD
    Compressed ID:Lockheed CF-104G sn 850 RNoAF cn 11...
    Latest Owner or Location:Starfighters International Inc, North Salt Lake, UT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CF-104G.

    4 July 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 12850.

    4 July 1963

    Transferred to 430 Squadron/2 Wing Grostenquin, France.

    6 February 1964

    Transferred to 4 Fighter Wing, CFB Baden, Germany.

    15 October 1965

    Transferred to 1 Fighter Wing, CFB Lahr, Germany.

    August 1969

    Transferred to 439 Squadron, RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk.

    2 June 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 104850.

    19 June 1970

    Transferred to 1 CAG, CFB Baden, Germany.

    24 August 1970

    Assigned to CFB Prestwick, Scotland for storage.

    23 May 1973

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Canadian Armed Forces.

    19 November 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Norwegian Air Force with s/n 850.

    19 November 1973

    Transferred to No. 334 Squadron, Bodo, Norway.

    6 December 1982

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
    Stored Sola AFB.

    Circa 1983

    To Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection inAaGardermoen.

    To Steve Alex, Jet Tech Systems, Bangor, ME with new c/r N104JT.
    Traded for a North American Harvard.

    15 July 1994

    Transported by air.
    Arrived in Bangor, ME aboard a Norwegian Air Force C-130.

    15 July 1994

    Stored a large hangar and received maintenance and the paint was removed.

    July 1997

    To Rick Svetkoff, Tarpon Springs, FL keeping c/r N104JT.

    July 1997

    Restoration continued.

    30 October 1997

    First post-restoration Flight.

    31 October 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX104RD (CF-104G, 104850) issued.

    10 July 1998

    To RLB Aviation Inc, Tarpon Springs, FL with new c/r N104RD.

    June 1999


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Quinte International Airshow at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario, Canada.

    24 July 2002

    To RLB Aviation Inc, Clearwater Beach, FL keeping c/r N104RD.

    By 10 May 2003

    Based at Starfighters Inc, NASA Shuttle Landing Facility, Cape Canavarel, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Wright-Patterson AFB, OH during a severe thunderstorm

    25 January 2007

    To RLB Aviation Inc, Tarpon Springs, FL keeping c/r N104RD.

    4 May 2008


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: MacDill Airfest, Tampa, FL.

    10 September 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX104RD (CF-104G, 104850) issued.

    13 April 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX104RD (CF-104G, 104850) issued.

    16 March 2023

    To Starfighters International Inc, North Salt Lake, UT keeping c/r N104RD.


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    Internet Sources
    916-Starfighter by Hubert Peitzmeier
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource by Canadian Warplane Heritage
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield

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