Last F-104 formation at Pratica di Mare during the F-104 farewell 2004

On May 30, 2004, Pratica di Mare hosted the official celebrations for the 50th Anniversary of the first flight of the Starfighter.
More than 300,000 spectators attended the airshow of the International F-104 Meeting to which, the Aeronautica Militare,
had invited all the pilots and ground crews belonging to the 15 nations that had been equipped with the Starfighter.

The last ever flight of 9 F-104 (6 single seater and 3 two seater) that performed two fly-bys: the first in clean configuration, the second with the gear-down.
Then they split up into three separate sections and entered the visual pattern to land in close sequence.

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