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The Fastest Warbird: Darryl Greenamyer and the RB-104 “Red Baron”

Vintage Aviation News

The tail section, minus horizontal stabilizer, came from a crashed TF-104G that was found in an Ontario, California junkyard. The horizontal stabilizer came from a wrecked F-104G. ” In August the Starfighter was gently loaded onto a flatbed and trucked to Browning’s hangar in Idaho Falls where the J79 was installed.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

At that point the project is trucked 5 miles to the Prineville Airport where final assembly takes place in a hangar. Just recognizable in the background is a horizontal stabilizer and one-piece elevator. Switching quickly in and out of reverse is not really part of the props’ repertoire, so plan your maneuvers.