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FLY A STARFIGHTER

February 6, 2018

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is the highest performance, single-engine jet fighter ever made. The F-104 is powered by a single General Electric J79-GE-11A engine capable of generating in excess of 17,000 lbs of thrust and exceeding Mach 2. For perspective, that’s roughly equivalent to 36,000 horsepower, or more than the entire starting line-up at the Daytona 500.

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Kiwi Regional Airlines mission is to bring affordable, reliable and regular services to regional New Zealand. Services that have either never been in place or are not now serviced by the national carrier. For years, hundreds of thousands of Kiwis have been disadvantaged by the fact that many parts of the country are poorly serviced by air, forcing many to drive to a larger centre to catch flights and often to pay high fares for the privilege.

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FLY A STARFIGHTER