Garden Ornament | Cold War F-104 ‘Starfighter’ Jet Is Up For Sale For 25k – As A Garden Ornament
By Daily Mail Reporter
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In its heyday it was the fastest jet on the planet, topping speeds of 1,382mph, and cost $1.42million to build.
Now however, the speed and price have diminished somewhat.
T his restored F-104 ‘Starfighter’ is up for sale for 25,000 – because it does not have an engine and is not airworthy.
Jet Art Aviation, based in North Yorkshire, took just four weeks to renovate the Cold War jet, which retired from service in 1987.
Once the pride and joy of the US Airforce, Starfighters could climb 48,000ft in just a minute.
First entering service with the US Air Force in 1958, it was deployed to West Germany at the height of the Cold War.
Chris Wilson, 33, of Jet Art Aviation, is hoping the price of the first plane to ever reach MACH 2 will skyrocket even more.
‘This aircraft definitely fits our brief of fast and flashy,’ explained Chris. ‘It will be the ultimate garden feature, gate guardian, or museum aircraft.
‘We got this incredible machine into our workshop four weeks ago.
‘And we’ve thrown ourselves into making it look just as good as it used to.’
The Starfighter needed speed in case of a Cold War battle against the might of the Russian Soviet forces.
‘This plane is a ex-West German Luftwaffe aircraft that was licence built by Messerschmitt,’ said Chris.
‘In the right hands was capable of ferocious speed and successfully kept the
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