Referred to as the “Missile with a man in it”, the CF-104 (single seat version) was built in Canada under license by Canadair in Cartierville, Quebec. With it’s First flight was in May 1961, it was envisioned as a high speed, high altitude point defense interceptor against the relatively poor maneuvering manned bomber threat that existed in the early 1950’s. For more information see our full post on the Lockheed CF-104 Starfighter.