Lineage History F-106A 590017

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

590017

Production Year:

1959

Production C/N No.:

182

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1959-12-01

Delivery Date:

1959-12-28

Ended Service:

1963-12-19

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

5th

History Lineage:

Dec 1959 - 182nd F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
28 Apr 60 - To 5th FIS, 32nd FG, Minot AFB ND
17 Jan 61 - To 5th FIS, 32nd FW, Minot AFB ND
22 Jun 62 - To 5th FIS Minot AFB ND
19 Dec 63 - Crashed on a farm near Flasher, North Dakota: Pilot Capt William 'Bill' D. Richardson, Flight Commander, killed in crash. Had high pressure pneumatic bottle explode when the armament bay doors opened while on a pass against a squadron T-bird. Jet lost power, electrics & hydraulics. Unable to eject. He was the 13th pilot, the last of 13 in a row, killed by the CV "B" seat & that is what caused Col Broughton, commander of the 5th FIS, to ground his squadron, complain to ADC CC and rake CV over during a meeting at the Mobile Air Materiel Depot. After that meeting, a new ejection seat was "top priority" for the Six fleet.

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

QF Drone Lost on Nullo No.:

Deployed to Osan AB Korea:

B-1B Chase Plane:

Crash

Crew Ejected:

Crew Survived:

Crew Killed:

Pilot Front / Pilot Rear:

Capt. William D. Richardson

Pilot Rear:

Accident Report No:

631219001

Destroyed:

Written-Off:

Survivor:

Static Display Painted As:

Instruments - TAC Conventional:

TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.

Instruments - Conventional:

Conventional: Models were originally committed as TEST or BAILMENT aircraft..

Instruments - TEST-to-TACTICAL:

TEST-to-TACTICAL: Models returned to Convair and upgraded from TAC Conventional to Vertical
instruments in 1961. Fuselage cut in half at station 412 (Aft bulkhead missile bay) and a new fuselage, cockpit section,
and nose section was installed with the latest production avionics, the same as the last F-106A 590148 and F-106B 590165.
A total of 35 aircraft (28 "A" models and 7 "B" models) were converted and reassigned to various ADC units..

Instruments - Vertical, 1st Produced:

Vertical, 1st Produced: First 'A' and 'B' models produced with vertical instruments.
Tactical Vertical: Models factory produced w/Tactical Vertical instruments: late 1957 and all 1958, 1959..

F-106 Specifications

Role/Function	Fighter-Interceptor
Manufacturer	Convair Division of General Dynamics
Country	United States
Crew	'A' Model 1, 'B' Model 2
Power plant	Pratt & Whitney J-75-P-17 Turbojet
Thrust	24,500 lbs. in Afterburner
Max Speed	1,525 mph (Mach 2.31) @ 40,000 ft
Service Ceiling	53,000 ft
Wing Span	38 ft. 3½ in.
Length	70 ft 8.78in
Height	20 ft 3.3in
Weight	23,646 lb. empty, 41,831 lb max
Cost USD	$3,305,435 Initial, $4.7M after MODS
Range	2,700 mi. max fuel w/ext tanks
No. Built	340 (277 'A', 63 'B')
Armament	AIR-2A (1) AIM-4 (4) M61A1 (1)
Fire Control System	Hughes MA-1 / IBM Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) System
Ejection Seats
1st Seat	Weber Aircraft Corporation Interim seat, not Zero-Zero, inadequate for supersonic speed ejections.
2nd Seat	Convair/ICESC (Industry Crew Escape System Committee) Supersonic Rotational B-seat, called the supersonic 'Bobsled'.
3rd Seat Final	Weber Aircraft Corporation Zero-Zero ROCAT (Rocket Catapult), Zero-Zero, High-altitude supersonic ejections, retro-fitted to all aircraft.
Mfr. Model #	MK No. 8-24

Instruments - Tactical Vertical:

Last Update:

08-02-2023

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