| 08/04/1966 |
Taken on Charge |
| 03/08/1972 |
Cat. 2 problems with ejection seat. Pilot: 1Lt Vl Robert Van Winckel (349 Sqn) |
| 09/02/1979 |
Cat. 2 damaged during midair collision with FX-95 over Diepenbeek (BEL). The aircraft was in a |
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holding pattern near Hasselt for an air-ground exercise on range at Houthalen-Helchteren. Pilot, |
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OLt Vl Peter Naets succesfully made an emergency landing at Kleine Brogel (10 FBW/23 Squadron) |
| 19/04/1982 |
Arrived at Koksijde AB for storage (last served with 10JBW/31Sqn) |
| 00/01/1987 |
Struck of Charge and sold to Radcomm Enterprise |
| 00/00/0000 |
Stripped of all usefull parts by Radcom Enterprise |
| 16/07/1988 |
Last noted at Koksijde AB |
| 00/06/1989 |
Departed for the USA |
| 00/06/1989 |
First noted preserved at Pennsaukin (USA) |
| 00/06/1992 |
Last noted preserved at Pennsaukin (USA) |
| 00/05/1995 |
First noted preserved at the Air Victory Museum, South Jersey Regional Airport, USA |
| 00/09/2001 |
First noted as 'D-8090' preserved at Air Victory Museum, South Jersey Regional Airport, Medford, |
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New Jersey |
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| The story behind the plane: |
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The reason for the change in national markings for the aircraft has been questioned for some time. The curator of the museum explains:
"A number of years ago, one of our founders, Stephen Snyder, was flying his aircraft in the Netherlands. During his flight, he was overtaken by a thick cloud layer. He couldn’t navigate through the clouds due to the fact that he didn’t know any of the terrain in the region. He was assisted by a Dutch Air Force Pilot flying an F-104G (D-8090). Upon landing, Steve told the pilot about our museum. He also told him that when he got an F-104, he would paint it as his airplane. So Steve, after a few years, acquired an F-104 from the Belgian Air Force. He brought it back to the US and kept his promise to the Dutch Air Force pilot. He painted the aircraft to represent D-8090". |
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