I just spent 10 min signing up and logging on to make a comment, only to find two comments saying what I thought! Another name for the F- 104 or CF-104 in Canada, was "the widowmaker" the plane had a real problem with flat spins and stalling ..... I hope for their sake this isn't a foreshadow for things to come.
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