 The aft fuselage was somewhat elevated from the horizontal reference plane, resulting a somewhat "lifted" tail, and the nose was "drooped"; this caused the aircraft to assume a slight "nose-up" attitude in level flight, which allowed the plane to fly at an angle of attack experiencing the minimum amount of drag through the air.As a result, the pitot tube, air inlet scoops, and engine thrust line were all canted slightly with respect to the longitudinal centerline of the fuselage.The F-104 featured a radical wing design.