[Gaffer]

Did you know that the Germans bought some and lost many to crashes? They nose dived into the ground.....they got to calling them post hole diggers. Turns out the problem was a pressurized oxygen supply company that supplied the oxygen had their system set up near a noxious fume output of some kind.

On the brighter side, I believe that this plane that had a thrust-to-weight ratio significantly greater than 1 which allowed it to climb a straight vertical.

[NonValueAdded]

“... on 17 December 1954 ... the XF-104 had shot itself down” during a test of the “Vulcan” Gatling cannon. :)

[Kozak]

The Germans actually used them in a ground attack roll.
They became known as “The Widow Maker”....