title: Uncovering the Lockheed F-104G Starfighter (No. 5)
author: Danny Coremans
description: Latest title in the range "Uncovering the" from DACO Publications, uncovering the (T)F-104G Starfighter. It's the new bible of this wonderful jet.
zlib_text: **LISTEN! THE**
  
   **STARS!**
  
  John Brunner
  
  **I**
  
  Pausing with his bit of blue chalk ready to mark the first of Dan Cross’s
  bags, the dark-uniformed customs officer said,
  
  “Stardropper?”
  
  He could have meant Dan himself, or the instrument slung over his shoulder on
  a strap. Either way the answer ought to be yes.
  
  Dan nodded, and the customs officer thawed noticeably.
  
  “Been at it long?” he asked. “I’m a recent convert myself.”
  
  “So am I!” Dan said with enthusiasm. To be precise, he had had the instrument
  four days. “What model do you have? This is a custom-built job, hand-
  assembled. A guy in L.A. turns them out.”
  
  “Wish I could spare time to look at it,” the customs officer said with real
  envy. “Powerful, is it?”
  
  “One of the best!”
  
  From outside came the choking roar of a Mach Three express taking off under
  rockets. The man behind Dan, waiting for his bags to be checked, coughed and
  shuffled his feet. The customs officer recollected himself and slashed quick
  crosses on Dan’s three c